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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you hit anyone else that you were frustrated with and upset with, you would be charged with assault. There is too much research out there showing that spanking has negative side effects. And there is plenty of research on positive discipline techniques that don't involve hitting someone less than half of your body weight. Time out is not working for you so pick up some parenting books and read them and find a new technique.[/quote]

I was spanked as a child and it taught me that hitting was an appropriate response to anger. I got into many fistfights in middle school. I usually came out on top because, from all those spankings I got from a person much larger than me, I learned how to take hits. Do you want this for your kid?[/quote]

Are you a man or woman? What kind of spanking are you talking about here?[/quote

I am a woman. Most of the time, it was a swat of the hand on my butt. A couple times a wooden spoon was used. I would guess I got spanked between 10-20 times. I remember feeling humiliated and suppressing anger and hurt. By the time I reached middle school, I was too big for spankings and no punishment was worse, ime. If there was a problem at school, I went straight to fighting. 
When I was pregnant with my child, I couldn't believe my parents would have hit me. I hold no grudge or anger at them. I understand that was the advice at the time. Today, most parenting experts advise against it. At least I hope they do.[/quote]

Good God. This is nonsense. I was spanked regularly as a child and certainly never got in fistfights. Like the overwhelming majority of people. You are really, really reaching here. Sorry, but this is totally justification reasoning. You clearly had anger issues. It is not clear that those were tied to swats on your butt as a child. [/quote]

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