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Sorry, forgot to say this earlier.
I agree that parents should not lash out at their children purely out of anger. That's what leads to child abuse. However, if a parent waits too long after the wrongdoing, then the punishment loses some of its effectiveness. The child no longer associates the punishment with the action, and instead sees it as unjustified punishment. This has been proven in some research, we learned about it in bio last year. Sorry, no link, don't have time to find it right now. Just something to think about.
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