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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Me and all my siblings were spanked. We're all okay. We grew up well-behaved too.[/quote]

I was too. It was not a huge deal. I cannot believe how aghast and melodramatic this OP is. I say this as someone who doesn't spank my own kids.[/quote]

Why do you not?[/quote]

I try to be the very best parent I can. I don't always succeed. But I try not to yell, I limit screen time and sugar, I try to do enriching activities with my kids etc. I also recognize that I have resources that others do not have (it would be harder to be a gentle parent if I had more kids, didn't have an involved DH, worked longer hours with more stress etc.) They are also not amazingly well behaved or anything. So I'm not saying I or my kids are perfect.

I don't think anyone is saying spanking is A+ parenting or the best approach. The question is whether it is so *shocking* or ways horrible, or it's just on the spectrum of things that happens in different families.

As for myself, my parents were immigrants and it was common there and still is. It wasn't something malicious, just th norm to them. To me it's not the norm and I try to avoid.[/quote]

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