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Originally Posted by Herbert_da_fish
It's obviously not bad parenting if the child turned out alright.
When a child is young, whether they get shouted at or hit for doing something wrong all they know is that they've done something wrong and not to do it again. They don't know why, it's just wrong. As they grow up they understand and they learn why things are wrong and right, they make their own decisions and don't need to be punished anymore, they make their own mistakes.
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I know loads of children (some of them toddlers) who wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone tease another child or whine for candy, and I know most of their parents well. Pacifist parents whose voices I've only heard raised at demonstrations. You're wrong.