Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / January 2005

This may cause other cases of felony child abuse to be thrown out in FL, too.
Sat, December 18, 2004  
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"Hollow in the Woods" is written in my voice as a child growing up in
foster care and child shelters and experiencing severe child abuse. It
describes the very fabric of my thoughts and emotions tied to those
who give me my most terrifying experiences.

Approximately 10 years ago this ng was created as a forum for parents
and others to discuss spanking and alternatives to child corporal
punishment.  There was a time when great debate occurred on this ng, and
a time when parents and others discussed child discipline and corporal

I'd like to expand a little on the issue of parents and children trying to
negotiate mutually satisfactory solutions to problems.  For truly fair
negotiations to take place, three things must be true.  First, both parties
must be able to negotiate from positions of reasonable ...

Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is "alt.parenting.spanking?"
Alt.parenting.spanking is a newsgroup on Usenet. Usenet is a text based system
of distributing postings in a group accessible format, which predates the more

http://slate.msn.com/id/2094704/
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Spare Us the "Spare the Rod"
Canada tries to sort out the good spankings from the bad.

Albert Einstein appears to have had very indulgent but progressive
parents. It's said that at about 3 or 4 years old they put him out on
the street in the city, and following at a distance to observe tested
his ability to make his way.

The ruts on the riverbank
By Jim Conley
Brookline TAB, December 16, 2004
       In the last installment of this column, we examined the notion

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42437
Look at the fiasco, debacle made of the life of a 3.5 year old child, torn away
from his home by a delaying, denying Court.
You're next.

I listened.Anyone who needs to strip a child to bear skin;then beat their bare
skin with a weapon such as a belt is an utter piece of trash.itell you this for
sure.I am a 39 year old 220 pound man.and if I EVER heard that going on;I would
take down the pants of the parent;man or ...

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death_1&printer=1
http://tinyurl.com/693sr
AP
Mom Charged With Killing Girl With Bleach

Often cited in this ng, a study has shown that over 90% of families in
the US use spanking. Similar surveys, such as on college classes show
that well over 90% of student say they were spanked as children.
That would make a 9 out of 10 chance that a child or adult has been

Paraphrase
6 thousand experts writing 6 thousand books on the correct manner to raise
children.
What children need is LOVE and LUCK in life.  Parents need courage and love.

I am planning a family and recently had the spanking/anti-spanking
debate with a co-worker.  I thought I'd come to usenet and look for
some answers or at least read the debates.
Judging from the tone of the debate; both sides belittling each other