Re: should Psy share the blame?

[Robert Herdegen]

>> Finally, Michael asks for evidence that coporal punishment is harmful,
>> but in the next-to-last sentence suggests "that the authoritarian way
>> of parenting works very well in the non-Eurocentric world and so does
>> discipline,spanking,and a good licking." Where's the evidence,
>> Michael? What does it mean to say that "it works very well"? What are
>> the costs involved in achieving whatever success you are referring to?
>>
>
> 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.
>Was not there a guy who got cained in Singapore for writing graffiti
>on the walls?

Thanks, but I prefer data obtained in a scientific manner. What you're describing is anecdotal. Also, this doesn't address the question of whether corporal punishment is harmful, to Westerners or non-Westerners. Even if they all--to a person--say that corporal punishment didn't harm them, do we trust those self-reports? Sorry, but I don't (and why ought to be obvious to anyone who has successfully completed any course in research methods).

>Re time-out: not appropriate in East Timorese society.
>
>
Why not?

>Michael Sylvester
>Daytona Beach,Florida
>

Bob, who can't believe that he is engaged in this discussion.
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Robert T. Herdegen III
Department of Psychology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943
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