[papertyger]

If this thread holds true there will be not one post asking a non-beater how well their methods worked and what techniques they used.

That is because any success would be anecdotal at best, and disingenuous at worst. One might as well ask a communist about economics.

If the child doesn't require corporal punishment, there is no need for it.

[From many - one.]

re: refraining from corporal punishment

"That is because any success would be anecdotal at best, and disingenuous at worst......"

Ditto for using it.