Spare the rod, spoil the child

[Jacob(smooth)]

Wow. That's an almost religious level of zeal!

By all means, show me this evidence.

Oh for fuck sake. No. I won't do your homework for you. If you want to be ignorant, fine. This isn't even a point which should be debated and I'm certainly not going to waste my time doing so.

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In fact, why don't you just read this wiki article on corporal punishment, and make up your own mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_pu...n_the_home

This bit especially: "In countries such as the US and UK, spanking is legal but overt child abuse is both illegal and highly stigmatized socially. Because of this, any parent who has ever spanked a child would find it extremely difficult to accept the research findings. If they did acknowledge, even in the smallest way, that spanking was harmful, they would likely feel they are admitting they harmed their own child and thus are a child abuser."

Wow! Another religious type argument. An absolute statement claiming evidence, a request for that evidence followed by "go find it yourself". Are you sure you haven't converted?

Notwithstanding, I read the Wikipedia article . Some interesting stuff supporting both sides of the debate, but scarcely definitive. And again we have the problem that an open slap across the legs to underline a point is considered in the same light as hitting a child with an object or a closed fist. The latter is clearly going to colour any research data. If you considered obesity risk, including all those who can't get off the bed, you couldn't apply those same risks to someone with a bmi of 26.

Oh and for the record, I did say that I DON'T spank, or smack. I just don't have a problem with those who do.