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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are no studies suggesting it's effective. There are some studies suggesting it does no harm, but no studies of effectiveness. If you want to argue that it could be effective but we just don't have studies of it - fine - but that's not "evidence" either.

As for the rest of my response, I don't believe people should hit. It's hurtful. And it involves doing something to someone else's body that they do not want and did not consent to. I am not sure how that begs the question.

I don't believe people should be hit and I choose to live my life and parent in accord with that belief. That's no different than any of the other 1,000 of beliefs that we all hold.[/quote]

np. That's actually not true, there have been studies showing that it's effective. The key is how the researchers design the study. When they properly control for demographics and degree of spanking (not including obviously abusive situations), it suddenly becomes effective.

In fact, I've never seen a properly controlled study that said it's ineffective.

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Oh yeah, here's the link I intended to share. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/25/us/findings-give-some-support-to-advocates-of-spanking.html?pagewanted=all[/quote]

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