Buddhist-majority countries show no lower rates of child violent discipline

Evidence

In Thailand, where Theravāda Buddhism claims approximately 93 percent of the population, MICS data consistently places the rate of children experiencing violent discipline at or above 70 percent. In Myanmar, comparable figures. In Cambodia, comparable figures. In Sri Lanka — where Ariyaratne’s Sarvodaya movement has operated in fifteen thousand villages for sixty years — comparable figures. … But the general picture is consistent across surveys and across countries: the prevalence of physical punishment in child-rearing in Buddhist-majority countries is not meaningfully lower than the global average. — , The Rod and the Child, 4003

Categorization

• XREF: Restates the series’ core thesis — the doctrine/practice gap — in quantified, empirical form. — connects to: Buddhist doctrine has not measurably reduced corporal punishment in Mahāyāna countries — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 3956; Buddhist tradition has a consistent anti-coercive pedagogical ethic — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4006
• SEED: A data-driven essay on why Buddhist non-violence doctrine fails to translate into parenting norms could work.

Related

• Buddhist doctrine has not measurably reduced corporal punishment in Mahāyāna countries (similarity 0.89)
• Buddhist tradition has a consistent anti-coercive pedagogical ethic (similarity 0.82)
• South Asia has the most children experiencing physical punishment of any region (similarity 0.79)
• Early Buddhism excluded cripples, women, and debtors and reinforced existing hierarchies (similarity 0.79)
• India is the single country with the most children experiencing physical punishment (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Buddhist tradition has a consistent anti-coercive pedagogical ethic #complicates (0.55) — , The Rod and the Child, 4006