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Originally Posted by The Tway
no one has the right to be free from all "oppression".
everyone should have the right to be free from all oppression that is done for no net benefit to anyone. Since many people have raised perfectly functional kids without battering them at any point this is oppression carried out for its own sake.
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Some parents tout success stories of not having
any punishment, but rather letting children suffer natural repurcussions for their actions. Some parents tout letting their children experiment with drugs to remove the appeal in doing so. So, some tout not using corporal punishment--how's that a justification for banning it? There's also people who would attest that corporal punishment was necessary for them being raised properly. If we're going to use the least repressive technique that has had success, then you won't let parents discipline children at all.