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People used to believe this. They used to believe that physical punishment was a reasonable and necessary part of raising a child. That the short, sharp shock of being hit was worth it because it had long term beneficial effects on behaviour.
We know better now. Or, if we don't, we really should. Research conducted over five decades and including over 160,000 children shows significant evidence that physical punishment has detrimental fallout including (but not limited to) a negative impact on wellbeing, an increase in aggression and a negative relationship with the caregiver. As we know better, we do better and the physical punishment of children has, rightly, become socially unacceptable.
Society's attitude to the use of physical punishment on dogs, however, is decades behind. Despite evidence which largely mirrors that done on human subjects it's still socially acceptable (to many) to use physical punishment on the dogs we claim to care about. To use versions of this antiquated phrase to justify the use of force and punitive physical consequences on dogs.
It's obvious to most of us that this phrase is pernicious nonsense when it's applied to children. Why isn't that as obvious when it's applied to dogs?
We don't need to use physical force and violence with dogs any more than we need to use it with children. It's not necessary, there is a different way and we can do better. We just have to choose to.
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2. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘑, 𝘌𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘙. 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯: 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 20 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘊𝘔𝘈𝘑. 2012 𝘚𝘦𝘱 4;184(12):1373-7. 𝘥𝘰𝘪: 10.1503/𝘤𝘮𝘢𝘫.101314. 𝘌𝘱𝘶𝘣 2012 𝘍𝘦𝘣 6. 𝘗𝘔𝘐𝘋: 22311946; 𝘗𝘔𝘊𝘐𝘋: 𝘗𝘔𝘊3447048
3. 𝘚𝘎 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘞𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦? 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘈𝘗𝘋𝘛 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩/𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 2010
4. 𝘔 𝘚𝘪𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘵 (𝘳𝘦𝘷 𝘦𝘥), 2000
5. 𝘎 𝘡𝘪𝘷, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 - 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 19 (2017) 50-60
6. 𝘈 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰, 𝘋 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘴, 𝘎 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘻 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰, 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳, 𝘓 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢, 𝘈𝘚 𝘖𝘭𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘗𝘓𝘖𝘚 𝘖𝘕𝘌, 2020; 15 (12)
