[Viking2002]

Yup. Spare the rod and spoil the frickin' child. My daddy tanned my hide with a leather belt more than once, and in hindsight, I deserved every whack. Spending the next few hours sitting sidesaddle allowed me to be introspective about my transgressions. That's why this hands-off, do-whatever-feels-good society is heading into the crapper.

[LauraleeBraswell]

""Corporal punishment has long been an accepted method of child discipline among evangelical and fundamentalist groups""

It's kind of funny that those are the groups with the lowest crime rates.

[CometBaby]

Sorry but I don't think this is a religious issue. It is not moral to beat children with a plastic rod. Personally I think that beating a child is the act of a bully. I'm not saying don't discipline .. there are better ways.

There is not excuse for being *proud* of beating a child.

[Fiddlstix]

Yup. Spare the rod and spoil the frickin' child. My daddy tanned my hide with a leather belt more than once, and in hindsight, I deserved every whack. Spending the next few hours sitting sidesaddle allowed me to be introspective about my transgressions.

Me too. I was a pretty good kid but, I got my share of spankings too. I was sometimes a bit too inquisitive for my own good and when words failed.....out came the old "razor strop".
I Never got one I didn't deserve.
(Truth be known, I "got away" with some stuff I should've been spanked for doing.)
In my day.....ya got caught doing something wrong....Ya owned up to it and "took your medicine".
It's a lesson for later on in life. You do something wrong and you have to face the consequences.
Spanking a child is not the same thing as beating a child.

[Jason_b]

ditto, ditto, oh and ditto.