Freedomain Radio Sunday Show Sep 27 2009

Spanking lowers IQ, and some great questions and comments from blogtalk listeners!

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[DaveDoggOwns]

25:51, that's because more of them are poor and there is nothing to take away from misbehaving children from lower-income families. They can only resort to corporal punishment to change a child's behavior. Higher income familes tend to get their child dependent upon something (such as friends, computers, video games, etc) and there are things a parent can take away in order to manage behavior.

Yes, corporal punishment makes a child more aggressive but it's a lessar of two evils.

[stefbot]

Nothing to take away in poor families? TV, internet, computers come to mind, most poor families have those...

[anakin005]

happy birthday man

[stefbot]

Thanks so much! :)

[anakin005]

My dad told me not to touch the hot pipes of his motorcycle, and one day I did after he came home.

I got burned pretty well. I did not suffer any negative long term side effects from this. If anything, I actually listened and respected my father more after the incident. However if he punished me for it, I would probably take it out on him instead of the danger itself. Hope this helps.

[ALittleBitPregnant]

I think parents secretly enjoy hurting their children, its some kind of ego dominance. Such violence is only used on children that are young and venerable, never against adolescents that can strike back.

[cchessmaster]

It is the same thing with a dog. If they don't listen you have to get their attention somehow. You don't beat them but a sound whack doesn't hurt them. In the real world if you offend someone you will get hit. If you don't teach them this they will learn later from someone else.

[cchessmaster]

I am sorry I accidentally gave you a thumbs down when I meant to agree with you.

[Gromitdog1]

uhhh....i challenge that. TV perhaps, but internet and computers is iffy. I agree that rich people have more economic 'bait' to coerce a child's behavior.

[C0MMANDER38]

school sucks is great

[C0MMANDER38]

and the meaning of life is...

well that's not that interesting at all

watch the carbs,

try to read a good book now and again,

take occasional walks,

and give respect and good treatment to people of all nations and creeds.

[nanciqwerty]

Children are inherently evil & need it spanked out of them!

[modelmark]

there is a third option that explains the data from the spanking/IQ study. Parents that use more violence towards kids, are less verbally capable, because they are less intelligent. So the less intelligent parents spank their kids and the fact that the kids are less intelligent might be genetically transferred from their less intelligent parents.

I'm not saying that is the truth, but it is a consistent explanation for the data.

[DaveDoggOwns]

That stupid black and white thinking has gotten mankind no where.

[ALittleBitPregnant]

Evil is evil