| I don't see how pro or anti-spanking yields a useful result. There are too many variables. How often do you spank, and why? How long, when you do so? Do you explain to the child why, or not? Do you use any other form of physical punishment? When do you start spanking?
Can't really see discussing this unless a lot more variables like those above are included in the discussion. For myself, my mother spanked a lot, repeatedly, and angrily, while shouting, then graduated to slapping and punching whenever she didn't like something, which she kept up into my teens. Can't really see fitting that into the old pro/anti dichotomy.
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