Spank or not to spank?

[SoTrue1920]

Originally posted by PnguinTrax
I was spanked as a child and don't believe it did me a bit of good. All it did was make me resentful.

Same here, PnguinTrax. Not only that, but because I feared my parents' anger, when I was a kid I learned to lie about the things I did -- things that were perfectly innocent, but things that my parents might not have agreed with. Not exactly model behaviour, and it's not behaviour I still engage in, but I can honestly say it's a direct result of my fear of being spanked.

Thank you for posting the No Spank Myths about Spanking! It's definitely informative. I think part of the problem is that people assume that we're making value judgements about the way they choose to raise their children. I can't speak for anyone else, but that's not my intent. How a person decides to raise his or her child is ultimately none of my business... unless a child is being threatened.