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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you may be interested to read how, in one of the very few studies that did attempt to control for various factors including severity, mild spanking was found to be perfectly acceptable. Here's a study from Berkeley on the topic:

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2001/08/24_spank.html[/quote]
Thank you.  Lots of very interesting stuff in here.  I could quote the whole thing, but I'll spare everyone, and just quote this:

"By "spanking," Baumrind refers to striking the child on the buttocks, hands or legs with an open hand without inflicting physical injury and with the intention of modifying the child's behavior.

"I am not an advocate of spanking," said Baumrind, "but a blanket injunction against its use is not warranted by the evidence. It is reliance on physical punishment, not whether or not it is used at all, that is associated with harm to the child.

The children of parents in the green zone who never spanked were not better adjusted than those, also in the green zone, who were spanked very seldomly, Baumrind said"

So, if you are relying on spanking as the sole form of punishment, then yes, I agree spanking won't work, and your kid will have lasting effects. But, used very seldomly, there is no evidence that these kids turn out hating or being fearful of their parents, exactly as many who were spanked a few times as kids have been saying on here.[/quote]

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