Spankings vs Beatings, not every parent knows the difference or bothers to learn the difference.
And if somebody is beating their kids, they should be held accountable. It doesn’t mean we need to outlaw physical punishment altogether because some parents go over that line.
To listen to today’s teachers about school discipline problems, for example, it’s clear that things have changed from the past. And that today’s teachers have lots of issues now they didn’t have in the past.
Today’s children have been raised in this era of “time outs” rather than ever getting a spanking. And they know that it’s against the law for anyone in school to administer any sort of physical punishment. Result — some kids are out of control, who would stay in line, if only we could administer discipline as we did years ago.
Neither do many of those who oppose all spanking.