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."
Send me nothing.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
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