Here on display is cultural Marxism in its purest form:
Editor’s note: Michael MacKenzie is an associate professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work. His research involves stress and risk in early parenting and the effects and reasons behind children going into and through the child welfare system.
(CNN) — In my first job in high school stocking the shelves with fresh produce at the grocery store, I often saw parents struggling with misbehaving children. Some would scream, while others would spank their kids.
It was always awkward to witness, because I felt sympathy for both sides. Were the children choosing to act out because the parents were busy and stressed buying food? But surely the parents could think of a better way to handle a defiant child?
I’m now a researcher at the Columbia School of Social Work and a specialist in child welfare, and I have just completed a study of this very issue. Columbia colleagues Eric Nicklas, Jane Waldfogel and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and I published findings in the journal Pediatrics (PDF) this week showing that the children who are spanked by their parents are at greater risk for later problems in both vocabulary and behavior.
We found that children who were spanked by their mothers at age 5, even relatively infrequently, went on to have higher levels of behavior problems at age 9, even after taking into account other family risk factors that also affect child behavior. Given the chicken vs. egg cyclical nature of this, we also controlled for earlier problems with the children to ensure that it wasn’t just that kids who acted out were simply being spanked more.
via Opinion: Spanking hurts children in the long run, too – CNN.com.
Everytime I see one of these articles, I think of this Gospel tract by Jack Chick:
The Bible says plainly:
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (Proverbs 19:18 KJV)
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
(Proverbs 13:24 KJV)Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15 KJV)
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (Proverbs 23:13-14 KJV)
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV)
I think that pretty much speaks for itself.
How this relates to me: Folks, let me tell you something; when I was kid, I got spanked, it was not an everyday thing with me. Because pretty much, when I was told to do something, by my parents; especially my Mother — I did what I was told, because if I didn’t, I knew what I would get! My butt tore up by my Daddy or my Mother.
I also will tell you something else too: I got spanked in school too! Yes, I went to private schools folks; and when I needed it, I got spanked by the principle. Again, with me, it was not an everyday thing. Because I usually did what I was told.
So, when I read these articles stating just how “horrible! Terrible! Arrrgh! ELEVENTY!!!!1111” it is to spank a child, I just have to laugh about it; and I also have to think about our jails and juvenile centers that are overcrowded and wonder just how those people would have been different, if they had parents, who actually disciplined their kids?
It is wonder.