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I'm pretty anti-corporal punishment, save for a single smack or "lick" when the kid's done something like run into the street, endanger their siblings, or stick a co-ax cable in a socket (guilty!). That's the way I was raised, and I'd like to think that I'd do the same thing.
There's a strong correlation between race, socioeconomic status, education, and the use of heavy corporal punishment. I've seen that in play with my very large extended family--and how it's played out now that my generation are mostly parents. I wonder how that will play itself out in the next generation or so, when race becomes less of an indicator of socioeconomic status or educational level.
I'm just rambling at this point, but I have STRONG anti-spanking opinions, basically borne out of the fact that I wasn't raised that way.
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