Do you think its a coincidence that 98% of the people on death row report they were spanked as a child?

Question

Were they just really bad, or is that spanking is a poor parenting technique?

Answer 1

i think that's crap. It's probably a false report.

spanking teaches a child right from wrong.

Answer 2

The reason people end up on death row is very simple. When it all comes down to it, men make laws and enforce them on the masses. A few people realize that laws made by men are only obeyed by consent. Some of these people will grow up to be leaders, and the laws they obey will be obeyed out of consent. Others who realize this will, in their lack of self imposed moral code decide to cross the line in a self serving way. This comes from either insecurity or an immense belief in lack.

What is it that stops you from being a rapist or a killer? Was it your upbringing? Was it your moral convictions? Or is it a decision you make to respect the laws which say this behaviour is wrong, and you agree?

Imposing strong discipline, whether spanking or just simple absolute insistance on a parental authority structure in the home has a tendency to instill self control and restraint far more often than it doesn't.

You are exposing though, an excellent example of the shortcomings of the empirical approach to knowledge.
It is very easy for scientists to get blindsided by data that seems to correlate. Often this amounts to the equivalent of someone living in a sealed off cave, who measures all data and states, "there is no such thing as the sun." Obviously, you take this person out of the cave, and they immediately see the error in their judgement.

What you will find in 98% of the cases of inmate on death row, and more likely 100% if you can get an honest answer, is that all of these people decided to place thier immediate gratification before the common good. There are very few people above the age of 7 years old who don't have at least a general principle imprinted on their mind of what right and wrong are, so you must assume that in at least the moment that they commited these crimes they willfully decided to disregard anything but their own selfish need.

Answer 3

Y'know what's interesting, though is that most of the people who answered this saying that it was all just a coincidence are the same people who also claim in their other answers that the lack of spanking is what's causing all kinds of problems in the world today.

How is it a coincidence when you point out that actual bad people doing actual bad things were actually spanked,

but it's not a coincidence when they bemoan their perception about the state of society these days & their feeling about why it is like it is?

These are the same people who say "If only more parents would spank their children, we wouldn't have so many problems in the world today. Before when everyone spanked all of their children all of the time, no one was ever bad. Now that people don't spank we have school shootings, teen pregnancy, drug & gang problems, etc."

For example... "Look at all the serial killers, rapists, and arsonists who's parents thought time out was the way to go - guess again baby!!" http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqAlZqpm1vNWuKP47_AaLzLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071213220824AALaOZN&show=7#profile-info-QhlZnIaFaa

How is it that the argument only works one way?

Answer 4

OH come on. that is some backwars logic. With that thinking everyone who spanks should be a crimnal. We have had this discussion at my job (about spanking) and about 80% of my coworkers were spanked and we have never even been arrested.
I don't think spanking if done correctly is poor technique. Being abused and hiting and slamming your child into a wall is a poor technique. A spank on the but as punishment sends a clear message no to do that again. Some children don't respond to groundings, or privilages taken away.

Answer 5

Your looking at it from the wrong sociologiical standpoint.
I also wonder where you are getting your facts.

If that is true, then I would chalk it up to the severity of the punishment? Were they beat and not spanked?

You might find that a high percentage of succussful, law abiding people were also spanked.

You have too little information to be making assumptions such as "spanking is a bad parenting technique."

Answer 6

It fairly relies upon on precisely what you observed. If that is basically a classic spanking - meaning she wasn't viciously beating the crap out of a toddler - then grabbing him so he did not go and run right into a automobile park, then no you mustn't be calling the police. And in case you *do* suspect toddler abuse, you should tell the 911 operator precisely what you observed, not an exaggerated version of "beating him and strangling him." toddler abuse is an extremely intense factor, yet so is having your loved ones investigated via DSS. So once you are going to checklist somebody, a minimum of be very common approximately what you tell the police and 911 operators so that they are able to assemble a common checklist.

Answer 7

YES - it is just a coincidence.

So many murderers etc claim spanking, child abuse, molestation etc to make people feel sorry for them. While I do feel sorry for any child raised badly, there are 1000's more who grew up to be decent and useful members of society.

Gee, I just realised that I was spanked as a child, am now suddenly feeling the urge to kill......give me a break!

Answer 8

Spanking is in no way a bad parenting technique. And the reason that 98% of those people were spanked as children is because back when they were little, it wasn't frowned upon as it is now. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that we as a people have gotten it into our heads that spanking a child is bad for him or her. I was spanked as a child, and am I a serial killer? No! If you can find some other way to effectively discipline your child, more power to ya. But for those of us who have no other way, leave us alone. We're not beating our children because it makes us feel better; we're spanking them because that's discipline, not abuse.

Answer 9

I'll bet you that 98% of the people who are some of the best people you know were spanked as a child too. It's called discipline. When people become adults, they make their own decisions as to what they want to do such as crime and such, or to be a good person.

Answer 10

lol, ya I'm sure they were warned first, then taken over the lap for a spanking, one that never left any marks. Then I'm sure their loving parents took the time to speak about the rules, and what's OK, and what's not.

Or they got the ever-living crap beat out of them on a daily basis.

I'm betting on the second guess.

Answer 11

Poor parenting technique. Lazy parenting.

I like how some people say that adult conversation does not compute to a small child. Sorry - all my children were talked to like adults and guess what? They are GREAT kids who can reason. I'm raising 3, all different personality types.

It's my responsibility to raise responsible adults and citizens. I don't take that job lightly. So I do my best, give them my best and don't coddle them.

As for some of the answers on here, they obviously don't understand basic math - it's a tad sad.