RE: should Psy share the blame?

[Dr. Kristina Lewis]

Michael Sylvester wrote:

>    The evidence may not be an article and just because it is not published
> does not mean that it does not exist.Why don't you try this:
> do a survey of all international students,immigrants in your area and ask
> them how is discipline instilled in children in their homelands,you will
> inevitably find a great percentage saying that they were corporally
> punished not only by parents but also by teachers.
> And ask them why do they think that some teens in the U.S are
> disrespectful of society and adults and they are likely to attribute
> this to a lack of physical punishment on teens in the U.S.
> 
> 
I'm going to say this one more time and then shut up.  Asking adults about
their opinions/perceptions of corporal punishment tells us nothing about the
development effects or correlates of experiencing such treatment. 

Kris Lewis