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Comment by Kirth

6 years ago

I saw this article pop up elsewhere on the web and am a bit surprised all the reactions here seem to take the article at face value because of its holistic content.

And as some other people on the Internet have pointed out [0]: spanking and physical punishments seem to be a big part of Inuit child rearing [1]. In fact, modern studies about child and adult abuse show concerning figures [2]

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/b0so4h/how_...

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-traditional-knowl...

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708004/