Maybe my parents can take Shxtou for example, and see "Hey, he turned out just fine without all that physical damage, so it was kinda unnecessary since now our kid's a bit fucked up beyond our ability of repair"
reminds me when I was in kindergarten and got a spanking from my dad in front of everyone 😭 I was so mad at him, and the kids the next day asked why he did it. I just pretend it didn't actually happen and said "what are you talking about? that never happened" 😂 told them it was just a dream they all had, to save my embarrassment