I don't condone hitting children in any way, b/c I think you're conditioning them toward violence, & away from talking thru problems.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/925159053256482817 …
I just don't think that argument works - 'Because you couldn't do it to adults.' I couldn't make adults study maths either.
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I would never couch it as "b/c you can't do it to adults". I would simply try to be consistent w/ my kids.
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I don't think the studying example is a good analogy. Here, kids are actually required to go to school. Adults go back to school voluntarily
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That;s my point. That's why 'If you can't do it to adults, you shouldn't be able to do it to kids' doesn't work. Need better rationale.
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I don't think consistency is bad rationale. I think it's great rationale. Politically, tho, I wouldn't use those words you quoted.
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So, in this case, would you say kids didn't have to study maths or adults did?
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I think I already said that this analogy isn't an appropriate one for this issue.
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Then what do you mean about being consistent? Not in relation to consistency between the way we treat adults & children?
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Go back to the toy example (not the maths one). I think it's consistent to believe taking others' possessions is not something we should do.
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