Originally Posted by Darth2000GSR
I think it's more a matter of perspective. I don't do those things because I know they're not right, it's just automatic.
But a kid has to learn those things aren't right...they can't automatically know unless there are some consequences. You can't say "don't do that 'cause it's not right"...they'll just think "WTF does that mean?".
It's like trying to teach a blind person to differentiate between colors.
I've known quite a few kids under the age of two that know simple "right and wrong." Many of them just like to test the limits, like a game.
But I wonder what good spanking a kid that doesn't know right from wrong will do, since they're likely to not be able to associate the spanking with the bad act yet, either. But I'm no child psychologist so I can't say for sure.