Who here said they love to hit their children?
Flawed argument.
The entire point is parents dont want to but out of a big picture love for their kid, know certain times require physical correction.
And know the difference between a spanking and out of control beating. If you cannot understand the dofference there is your problem.
Your assertion that spanking does not have the negative effects of beating is directly contradicted by the research.
You have provided another example of what I am talking about: For some reason, on the subject of spanking, the gratuitous assertions blossom, and the entire scientific method is explicitly rejected.
I never said that anybody SAID they love to hit their children.
I surmised from the gibbering irrationality of most of the comments that people are too in love with hitting their children to discuss the matter like human beings.