Reply To: Medicating vs Spanking

>> talking al pi Torah, not modern psychology.

I understand what you are saying – that it is a possible way of action. But please note that mitzvot ben adam l’havero depend on how the receiving person accepts it. thus, it is possible, that “al pi Torah”, we should not spank. I am not arguing one way or the other. Just disagree with the notion that when a rishon makes a psak for his time, it is “al pi Torah”, and if we do it today, it is “modern psychology”. A Rishon used psychology of his time, and we – of our time. His was “modern” then, and ours will be “old” soon. Ein hadash ….
Same goe for medicating. Yes, there are case when it may be needed. And, yes, in majority of the case, it is done inappropriately, and the perpetrators, both here and the ones I know IRL, can say lots of right words to justify themselves.