I'd want my kids to respect me, but not because they're afraid of me and think I'm gonna beat the sh*t out of them for any random thing. I don't think that even qualifies as actual "respect".
Severely abused kids grow up to hate their parents, and have a lot of f*cked up problems.
Plus it doesn't always work, my mom only has one method of punishing my youngest brother, and that's really beating the sh*t out of him, and does it help? No, he's the most annoying and overly hyperactive 11 year old ever.
I was very rarely beaten in my life, maybe 5 or 6 times, I think I turned out ok.
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