Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

Well, I agree with you on almost all of your tweets and I appreciate your presence a lot in this social media network. However, we must make a differentiation here, aggression is one thing, a slap in the butt for knowingly and intentionally doing something wrong is different

Both are the initiation of force.

A slap on the butt is not an initiation of force, because there is no force on it. Most of the times the children will cry because they feel ashamed and not because they felt pain. And sometimes it is the only way they can learn boundaries, respect for parents and elder, etc.

Kids don't really need force unless they've been real bad. And it should usually never be done in public as it can ruin the parent(s)/guardian(s) reputation. I also don't believe you need to use objects either that's too extreme.

How do you discipline them then? If your answer is “by telling them off” or “by restricting access to their phones/sweets/etc” or similar you’r just exchanging physical violence for psychological violence, arguably even worse...

Can you narrow it down to 1 video? Also, just judging by the titles, I’d say most of these video were made by people that had well-behaved kids... Wouldn’t work on a little monster like I was granted my parents rarely used *actual* violence but it was a credible threat.

I can only imagine the horror of the first time they get hit by somebody who doesn't like them.

Disagree. You need to train a child at a young age to obey and spanking is a great tool if done properly. Tapping the back of hand of a toddler gets their attention and teaches them obedience as you cannot reason with a tantrum. Older kids on a bed with swats on backside.