What is a “pop”? Is it people’s gentle way of saying a smack?

Those saying “No, it’s different” please elaborate?

It’s cutesy language to disguise child abuse.

I thought we were talking about soda at first😭 a pop is a smack, different name doesn’t mean it has a different meaning. Unless it’s “pop” for soda!

My mom used to “pop” me in the mouth if I said something bad.. she even bragged to her friends that she had to “pop” me. Not sure how others are using it, haven’t seen it on here yet but to me, it sounds more harsh imo... Especially after hearing my mom tell her friends when I was younger.

As Donna said, it’s people tryna make themselves feel better about hitting a small child.

I saw it used yesterday, someone telling someone to "pop" their 18 month old back if they hit them to teach them a lesson!

It means hit. If you would be ashamed to say you hit your child then maybe don’t do it.

I think in the eyes of the people who do it, a “pop” isn’t as hard as a “hit” would be. It’s still hitting your child. There are lots of things in parenting that involve lots of nuance and can have more than one right approach. There simply isn’t data or research that supports hitting/popping/spanking children. Anyone who says they “turned out fine” and were “disciplined” this way doesn’t actually have anything to compare it to. How would they have turned out without that experience?

It’s cognitive dissonance in action.