Frequently Asked Questions 1) What is "alt.parenting.spanking?" Alt.parenting.spanking is a newsgroup on Usenet. Usenet is a text based system of distributing postings in a group accessible format, which predates the more recent World Wide Web by many years. Some Usenet newsgroups are moderated,...

I came across a neat site for animal information and lesson plans. They also have audio clips, videos and nice selection of animal pictures. My kids love this site. http://www.junglewalk.com manda

Doan lies. His goal is disruption not debate. Except for his not leaving, he is a Usenet Troll focused on one ng. Spanking is the subject of this ng. Any parenting method that does not include CP IS about CP by it's replacement. And the Embry study is about a parenting method to teach children...

A ground-breaking study examined whether the normativeness of physical discipline moderates the link between mothers' use of physical discipline and children's adjustment. The sample included 336 mother-child dyads from China, India, Italy, Kenya, the Philippines, and Thailand. Results revealed...

The reaction of the pro spanking compulsives, while predictable is reaching the proportions of the creature in the movie Alien. Such trashing about and screeching is a laughable spectacle. In the midst of it of course is both outright lying, and careful citation of cherrypicked words or data...

.........take an Oath, as doctors do. First, do no harm. It doesn't stop the doctor from providing health care, but it makes him stop and think, if he or she is moral and ethical. How anyone could consider calling hitting or otherwise deliberately causing pain to a child to "teach" not risking...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/02/23/speaking_volumes_on_child_abuse/ Speaking volumes on child abuse By Tom Long, Globe Correspondent | February 23, 2006 For the past 30 years, researchers at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Laboratory have been pulling the...

....if a friend came to you angry, frustrated, and even crying, maybe so distraught they were screaming because of a problem they were having? Would you spank them to get them to "stop it right now and behave?" 0:- -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what

......well.... Your child isn't an adult, so you might treat them different than an adult friend. Right? Why? 0:- --

Dont let them do it. Simply say no and refuse to cooperate.

http://www.nospank.net/causby.htm The fed says it's okay to do this...warning, the pics are very graphic. GROVETON, TX: On August 21, 2003, Justin Michael Causby was beaten on the buttocks with a wooden board by his school coach. * Justin's mother says: "You could see blood through...

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The Lie: "Pretty remarkable when one considers that parents who spanked before had children that attemped entries at the highest rate of all per hour." Still don't know where I got that, eh? R R R R RR NOT FROM THE EMBRY STUDY!

I recently read on Educated Parenting an interesting article about how to convey warmth and use praise effectively. In short, parents have to catch their kids being good, and then learn to use the seven steps of effective praising. The seven steps can be found at at www.educatedparenting.com. I...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/02/23/speaking_volumes_on_child_abuse/ Speaking volumes on child abuse By Tom Long, Globe Correspondent | February 23, 2006 For the past 30 years, researchers at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Laboratory have been pulling the...

.... Others do not. http://dralvy.blogs.com/parent/2006/01/what_is_corpora.html Educated Parenting News, Views and Trends on Parenting from one of America's Foremost Authorities on Effective Parenting and Parenting Education, Dr. Kerby T. Alvy

......doan't is now totally refusing to discuss the report out of the Embry experiment in applying the "Safe Play" program. Nothing but taunts, and dodges and subject changing. Is it not obvious what his actual agenda is? Or are we going to be treated to another visit from "Alina?' R R R R R Of...

.....your mother wanted to go shopping but you wanted to go to the movies? Would you work out a compromise, even if it took your time and trouble to do so? Or would you yank her by the arm and make her go with you, and if she kept complaining, would you spank her? 0:-

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Often when discussing child discipline by parents the question comes up on allowing the child to learn by "Natural Consequences." The argument that comes flying back usually consist of, "Let him get hit by a car?" "Burned by the pot of scalding water on the stove?" etc. Non spankers tend to...

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