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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]civil poster - what were the demographics of the dad and the mom who mentioned spanking?[/quote]

Parent one (mom) was white, lived in downtown DC, upper middle class but not wealthy. Works part time to have lots of time with her little kids. By all accounts (and observations) she genuinely does anything for her kids. Husband owns a local company, two kids, Catholic.  
Parent two (dad) self made guy, from rural background, C-level exec of very large company - does not live here, wife is former teacher turned SAHM, four kids, not religious, very wealthy but "new money" for whatever that is worth

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Interesting. Throws a lot of stereotypes out the window.[/quote]

I agree, and that's why i posted (the separate post) it in context of people spanking and just not talking about it much. My hometown is fairly rural so you would expect lots of spanking but nobody I grew up with spanks - even those who never left and actually several with not much education (though I don't think that makes them stupid, which I think is generally the inference there)

On the other hand, one of the posters (the mom) grew up wealthy and in a suburb of a large city. It isn't so much that she spanked that shocked me, it was how openly she discussed it, like we'd all (including me) appreciate and relate to it. I didn't say anything at all, but things got kind of awkwardly quiet and I wondered later if it was obvious that I was shocked, and again, that was surprising just considering how taboo it's become.

I think I was left wondering if it was taboo in certain circles (demographic or otherwise) but less so in others. [/quote]

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