Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / March 2005

Back from Africa, where I was a secular missionary  in the Kayon
Ghozi's leprosary (Burundi) because of health reasons, I wrote these
lucky Flashes of mine, which got a resounding success ,on Turin's HOLY
SHROUD.

So, how hard can we hit our children?
By Catherine Bennett
The Guardian, July 8, 2004
       The newly adopted Lords' amendment on smacking will inspire

http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:83669
It's breaking out throughout the US.  Regier in FL and his cronies allowed
millions to spent on a non-functional database.  
CPS is a haven for criminal entrepreneurs who know how to get in on a good

If you are attempting to repair a car using a set of standard mechanics
tools, and a 12 pound sledge, you must, to prove that the mech tools
work better than the sledge, destroy at least one car.
If you wish to have scientific proof the one or the other is the better

We had an accusation made by a non-subscriber to this group that a
regular long time poster here had indeed ripped off her webpage on
non-violent child rearing practices, and use what he took from her
without her permission here to promote a spanking agenda. She was quite

In the Summer 1987 issue of _Children_ magazine, Dr. Dennis Embry
writes:
"Since 1977 I have been heading up the only long-term project designed
to counteract pedestrian accidents to

One and all are invited to exercise their use of the first amendment.
Come and join us at alt.parenting.spanking to discuss laws affecting
the discipline of our youth. Your voice is needed, whatever your
beliefs.

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://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=16923
http://tinyurl.com/6uvlb
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Parents banned from smacking children

http://nospank.net/n-o28r.htm
One by ONE, state by state, until there is no official sanction for
child assault anywhere in this country.
Before what is obviously coming, a legal ban on all spanking, not just

Doan wrote:
Let me remind you and ALL ANTI-SPANKING ZEALOTS that in
Straus & Mouradian
(1998), the non-spanking alternatives showed even stronger

http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i17/17a00802.htm
"
....
A professor at Texas A&M International University was bombarded with

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050301/D88IBA1G2.html
[[[ We finally make a step toward civilization in this matter ]]]
High Court Ends Death Penalty for Youths
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        As if there were still any doubts:
February 22, 2005
Children mimic 'punitive' parents
Temper tied to parenting style