Re:Silicon Valley CEO Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Abusing His Wife
by alasdair_ on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @12:17AM
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>Is hitting your kids any less morally despicable than hitting your spouse?
The only time I have ever (and will ever) hit my children is when they are around the toddler age and try to do something very dangerous that I've repeatedly tried to get them not to do.
For example: trying to pry the safety cover off of an electrical outlet in order to insert a fork, running towards traffic, pushing their siblings near the top of the stairs etc.
A two year old doesn't have the mental ability to fully understand why such things are bad and so in the past I've given them exactly two quick spanks to the bottom so they understand the severity of what they were doing. It's extremely rare that this happens but I'd prefer to do that than risk missing an attempt that could end in disaster.
Beating is, of course, always out of line.
The difference between this and a spouse is that the spouse is obviously able to make their own decisions.
The only time I have ever (and will ever) hit my children is when they are around the toddler age and try to do something very dangerous that I've repeatedly tried to get them not to do.
For example: trying to pry the safety cover off of an electrical outlet in order to insert a fork, running towards traffic, pushing their siblings near the top of the stairs etc.
A two year old doesn't have the mental ability to fully understand why such things are bad and so in the past I've given them exactly two quick spanks to the bottom so they understand the severity of what they were doing. It's extremely rare that this happens but I'd prefer to do that than risk missing an attempt that could end in disaster.
Beating is, of course, always out of line.
The difference between this and a spouse is that the spouse is obviously able to make their own decisions.