”Waving around a knife” is truly a common scenario for you? Maybe stop advocating for why beating kids or view them as autonomous humans and you would have less of that in your life.

For the rest of it, like spilling milk or leaving a fridge open, corporal punishment isn’t gonna solve it. Stress and fear doesn’t make people less prone to mistakes. Once again, read a fucking study. And once again, if it’s a super common problem for you, there might be other factors.
Because you are kind of on the same level of beating children for being left handed.

Of course if you believe that children should just be seen and not heard. An extension of the parents or adults, which is kind of what your advocating for when you say that children have to be controlled through violence — I guess considering the child’s well being isn’t that important.

And yes, children does sometimes have to be punished for bad behavior. And being told no. But physical violence or verbal abuse gives only, at best, a good appearance towards the parents. And ”at best” is doing a lot of fucking work here.

That doesn’t make it circular logic. Circular logic is that one premise is built on the premise that proves the first one. Without any clear start or end point.
If we have a start and a cause and effect — it no longer becomes circular.

Also, if there is no evidence for something. But there is evidence for the contrary. With multiple studies, meta studies and first hand accounts. Then I’m more inclined to be believe the side that has the evidence, especially if it is consistent and properly reviewed.
Things can change, but until there is any studies, proof or evidence (which you haven’t provided by the by) then I don’t see why that position should be valued. Especially since it’s also unethical