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Yes. Spanking is good. -- Know The Truth

Yes, parents should be able to raise their kids as they like without the state coming in and acting like it knows what's what. -- "You're not fuckin' Santa Clause, Julian, and I don't need your fuckin' cherry trees." "Do thou amend thy face, and I'll amend my life" -Shakespeare

No need to treat them like they're an adult. No need to spank them either. -- Come on now, let's not be stupid.

No. If you have to smack your child to get them to understand, you have done something wrong as a parent. Kids aren't dumb. They don't need to be hit to understand. If they do, something's wrong in the way you raised them. -- Deviant Artists Fighting Animal Cruelty! -- The most AWESOME RP site, join us!: [link]

I dont think government should get envolved with how parents raise their kids unless the child is at risk of abuse by the parents. What constitutes abuse is another issue -- How in a world so full of nightmares do we sleep so peacefully? My avatar [link]

Not that I know of But does that mean you're making a point that violence is the only way to coerce a child to do something? -- Click to protest FairExposure | Help! I'm being repressed! | You're too stupid to be an atheist

"There's a weird double standard that exists regarding violence. If you were to walk up and smack an adult on the ass when they were doing something you didn't like, you'd either get hit in return or be brought up on assault charges. In light of that, I can't see why it should be okay to smack a child around." It's a funny double standard... we also don't let children vote, drink, smoke, ...

How many children have you raised in your 17 years on the planet? -- Watch my avatar while listening to Vocal Trance....

"Children often are not reasonable beings" No. They aren't. But that doesn't mean we should be able to just haul off and whack them when they're misbehaving. It doesn't teach them anything. All they learn is that mom or dad will smack me if I'm "bad" but they don't know what bad is, why it's bad, or why they shouldn't do it. I think it's a primary reason so many teenagers have such ...

Like I've said numerous times. Every kid is different. Sometimes it's effective and necessary, sometimes not.