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I can't listen to talk radio and hear someone defend spanking without hearing their entire life history behind it. The emotion that comes through tells you: they aren't defending spanking, they're defending their entire life.
I was hit a few times, and mostly out of anger too. (Hi mom!) Luckily there was a general atmosphere of love behind it, which is what prevented it from having a worse effect. Now I'm not qualified to say, cos I'm not breeding and I'm not a teacher, but I would never hit a kid under any circumstances. It doesn't do anything but breed further violence. And it doesn't work like parents who use it think it does. It may shut the kid up, but it's out of the wrong kind of fear.
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