If people can't deal with making ends meet AND the ups and downs of a child's behavior, they should avail themselves of the many birth prevention resources easily accessible in our country. In other words, don't have the freakin' kids! Beating your kid, when used as a regular means of punishment, becomes useless after a time and most kids decide they'd rather "take the beating/whuppin" than give up whatever behavior caused the discipline in the first place.
Sexy Mocha: I take the aforementioned Biblical phrase as more of a general statement about the importance of good discipline in creating great kids, not a directive to go whup my kid's butt "cuz the Bible says so." In addition to being a religious doctrinal document, the Bible is also an historical one, and reflects the social mores of its time.
I type all this understanding that I am not a parent, and won't REALLY make up my mind about physical discipline until I become one. But I think that showing your kid that it's wrong to, say, hit another kid-by hitting your child-is, to say the least, bass ackwards.
[This message has been edited by Discogoddess (edited August 17, 2000).]
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