News, Long-term Effects of Spanking.

[spanko75]

Originally Posted by Topaz

No harm as far as I am concerned...consenting adults should be able to spank each other all they want.

It is adults spanking children that I'm against. I've read all the literature, reviewed all the arguments pro and con, and I'm totally against it.

Intelligent people can disagree with each other when it comes to topics such as religion, politics, and child rearing practices.

I totally agree with you

[rockinmomma]

No matter what the topic is, there is always some scientist/statistition/magazine/whatever that can twist those number to mean whatever their agenda is.

A parent knows that moderatation is key with anything from lollipops to pops on the behind. If you have to rely on surveys to tell you what you should or shouldn't do, I would suggest taking a parenting class because somehow, somewhwere you didn't get the memo that you are your child's parent, not the neighbor, not the teacher, not their older siblings. I you want to spank go for it, if not don't. But there needs to be dicipline. You can either dicipline your kids now or let the state do it later.

[joey2000]

Originally Posted by rockinmomma

No matter what the topic is, there is always some scientist/statistition/magazine/whatever that can twist those number to mean whatever their agenda is.

A parent knows that moderatation is key with anything from lollipops to pops on the behind. If you have to rely on surveys to tell you what you should or shouldn't do, I would suggest taking a parenting class

Great overall post but I would finish that last part with "I would suggest getting fixed ie not having kids." A parenting class can be of debatable value too as I suspect more than a few would detail the horrors of spanking and point to those same "experts" as "proof" they're right.

Again it's not as simple as you should or shouldn't spank. But it can be a very effective disciplinary tool, used properly and as a last resort.

Also water is wet. Good grief - when did so many people stop having a clue about parenting anyway? It's so bad we actually have commercials now pleading for people to "be the parent." Yes, many people actually need to hear this, believe it or not. Is it all part of that "I hate common sense" movement??