Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / October 2005

....and is claimed because the user doesn't know and try means of child
rearing.
What else could they say?
Hoever, there is no shortage of information on how to raise a child

An arguement frequently made is that the anti-spankers are
extremists...that they equate beating with "real spanking."
The problem with this apology for spanking is that the great majority
of spankings do not limit themselves to striking in ways that minimize

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Since it's almost Halloween, now is a good time to tell about the
bogyman in the alt.parenting.spanking basement.
What is it, you might ask, that is so frightening that it dare not see
the light of day?  What is so ghastly as to not be even allowed to be a

....and is claimed because the user doesn't know and try means of child
rearing.
What else could they say?
Hoever, there is no shortage of information on how to raise a child

I just talked to a young lady who described being paddled recently in
high school.  Is this still a common practice?  I would not be quite so
shocked at hearing it was done to a male, but to a female 18 years of
age.  Are there any other females out there who have received this kind

How many times has this unbelievably stupid statement been made in the
face of a huge problem with child abuse in this, and other countries?
"As adults I think we can tell the difference between abuse and
discipline."

Doan, I watched, with some humor, your repeated statements in the past
where you claim to give what you get.
YOU, Doan have repeatedly been the instigator. Just as you have been in
this instance. Don't you think it's time for you to do some

I have adopted many dogs in my lifetime (as well as a menagerie of other
animals).  I have learned through experience and through education that
the least effective way to train, guide, and discipline a dog is through
hitting and intimidation.

It is useless to post questions if readers assume everything is a prank
that doesn't conform to their preconceptions and so ridicule those who
ask questions. Many people do not approve of the spanking of children,
but so what? Many good people do; they also approve of the spanking ...

Sweet Grandmother Super-Holiness here again with a question for the
season: Don't you people have any shame?  Don't you realize that there
are untold billions of sinners frying in hell right now?  Do you really
want to join them in their torment?  Hell got so big recently they had

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Isn't that the refrain...that spanking kids will make them better
people?
Seems there are folks that don't think so, and have done a bit of

.....it's occasionally claimed.
What is going to happen to the police in this particular instance is
exactly what is going to start happening to parents forcefully
"disciplining" children.