Spankings: Objective Or Effective?

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I spank! But, I do communicate before it gets to that point, Berger confirms that adults who remember receiving physical punishment, think it works (Berger, 2014) “. I was raised by my aunt and her husband, and although she never spanked me, her husband did. I can’t remember one time when I deserved it, the reasons were always incomprehensible, but if the objective was to scare me, ruin my self- esteem, and cause me to dislike him then that was accomplished. I never understood why he had that right. Although, I did not enjoy receiving spankings from my aunt’s husband, I do believe spankings can be effective, especially since pain is a basic motivator for driving behavior, when the objective is clear and reasonable force is used. Berger states