The demand for references to support statements on Tips is beginning to drive me up the wall.As if the references will give validation to statements.Baloney can still be baloney despite references.I mean to find out whether black parents spank more all what one has to do is to comparative field observations and gather testimonials. Conclusions can be
very definitive that no statistical analysis is necessary.
Yep,through multiple primary and secondary observations black parents do spank their kids for misbehavior and the kid may get an additional spanking by others in the hierarchical extended family. As the cross-cultural dude(in addition to other accolades) on Tips,the reason for this differential is that whites are more likely to experience "guilt" emotions and blacks the social emotion of "shame". These are correlates are connected with the presentation of the self.In other words,black parents view misbehavior as a violation of their self-ideal of proper versus improper public and family behavior.White parents are more likely to think in terms of long terms effects and hence guilt. A white parent will take a child to Toyr R Us and that child could be throwing a row of toys to the ground and that wgite woman will tell the child "Honey,why you do that? Mama loves you." This is not likely to be a response from the black parents.Interestingly enough Developmental psychologists areresponsible for invocating guilt and "vague premonitions of disaster" if parents become too disciplinary.And this was not help by Bettelheim who
blamed  parents' behavior for autism.And the guilt began.
Black parents may still adhere to the adage of St.Paul "Spare the rod,spoil the child."
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Michael Sylvester,PhD

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