spanking

A bit of a "well duh" but here's more research that shows that corporal punishment of children is a bad idea. The study reviews more than fifty years of research, covering more than 160,000 children and demonstrates conclusively that physical punishment of children is ineffective but can lead to...

I can hardly believe what I just read. I'm fairly liberal, but unless the reporter is lying by omission or something, this is just ridiculous judicial overeach. Texas Mom Gets Probation, Loses Kids, for Spanking her Daughter Congratulations Grandma! I mean, red marks on the butt? This is...

http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2008/07/prometheus-bound-and-gagged.html is Michael Prescott's rather fun piece on some of the latest titles on offer from Prometheus Books. I have been browsing their catalogue for years, they sell some excellent titles, but this was an...

What is YOUR position on this? Does it do more good than harm, or more harm than good? Have you ever heard where parents say they are spanking you out of love? Ya...right! Mine did it because they lost their temper. They never heard that they should take a deep breath and count to ten first...

I received an e-mail reply from an individual, named John, with whom I had sent a link to an article regarding an analysis of the effects of spanking. This is the article I sent: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020625/hl_nm/kids_spanking_1 John's reply basically had the...