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 would use for source material related to data or research, but now and then there is a really good story that makes an important point. This is one. http://the-vex.blogspot.com/2006/11/pca.html Monday, November 06, 2006 PC&A Sunday night is movie night. We all sit down have PC&A and try...

....the spanking enthusiasts. After fruitlessly providing data that shows that spanking is falling into more and more disfavor, and having wished that I could connect with folks that do not favor spanking it occured to me that yes indeed, they can be heard...or read. Enjoy, spanking-lovers.

To whom it may concern at the Criminal Investigations Division Oregon State Police: I believe the poster of this threat below is a resident of Oregon. He has, in prior posts, claimed to be a sworn LEO. His threat may or may not be real, but I'd rather not take that chance. This newsgroup was...

.... with spanking, boys. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--ministerspankings1211dec11,0,3333277.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut Pity he's not here to wake you up to the facts. People are still beating children and getting away with it. Make you happy, does it?

http://www.law.emory.edu/cslr/pressreleases/Editorialsparetherod.htm Release date: October 6, 2004 Contact: Elaine Justice, 404-727-0643, or April Bogle,404-712-8713 ATLANTA - OCTOBER 6, 2004 - Despite an overall decline in the duration, frequency...

WHAT SPANKING DOES FOR KIDS From Irwin A. Hyman, The Case Against Spanking: How to Discipline Your Child Without Hitting, (1997), pp. 58-62. Dr. Hyman is director of the National Center for Study of Corporal Punishment and Alternatives and professor of school psychology at Temple University. He...

....stay tuned, however... it won't be long now. http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/127398.html Spanking ban abandoned By Jim Sanders - Bee Capitol Bureau Published 9:52 am PST Thursday, February 22, 2007 The California Legislature won't be cracking down on spanking after

The claim is that because the "Embry study" was about teaching children to not run into the street by using a set of training strategies, that the study was not about "spanking" so it shouldn't be considered as an argument against "spanking to teach." So what did Dr. Embry actually say originally,...

I would have sworn that one of the arguments that spankers and spanking advocates make is that it's done to "teach" children. Looks like you guys were right. 0:- 'Course it's just a silly little poll, but I thought you'd appreciate it. Gotta spank those kids into being moral,...

This page has been printed from the following URL: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/07132006/nhnews-ph-por-murray.html 7-27-2006 PHOTO Surrounded by family and friends, Murray Straus, founder of the University of New Hampshire Family Research Lab, makes his way to the Sheraton Harborside...

Greegor wrote: Very interesting! The trio posted in some very odd newsgroups. Trio? Odd newsgroups? It looked like Dan Dan? is Dan Sullivan?

......your friend was tired, discouraged, frustrated? Would you offer them a cup of tea, a friendly arm around their shoulders or a hug, maybe a blanket and pillow on your couch or the spare bedroom to rest and recover? Or would you spanking them for being cranky? 0:-

http://www.geocities.com/cddugan/NonpunitiveDiscipline.html Nonpunitive Child Discipline By Chris Dugan On a regular basis, I took care of the daughter of some friends for hours and sometimes days at a time from age 3 to age 11. I may have spent more one-on-one time with her than her father did....

http://www.religioustolerance.org/spankin5.htm -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272004-210004/unrestricted/MeshariDissertation.pdf AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL VIOLENCE IN MALE HIGH SCHOOLS IN KUWAIT by Meshari Al-Husaini Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute...

I am still waiting for someone to provide the research that shows a prevalence of un-spanked children in prisons, mental treatment facilities, and as authors of violent sensational crime. What despotic murderer do we know of that was an un-spanked child that grew up to be a Hitler, or Pol Pot, or...

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_3749259 Sex biz sees troubling teen trend Conference will address local exploitation and trafficking issues By Harry Harris, STAFF WRITER OAKLAND — In a sting operation last week, Oakland police arrested more than a dozen prostitutes, including one...

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/14464288.htm ....these children have no difficulty figuring it out? Hmmmmmm? Posted on Sun, Apr. 30, 2006 email this print this Children speak out about spanking in public schools

Well Boys, You Are Going To Hate This. When I quoted an interview with an advocate of ending the abusive practice of spanking mentioning that a high percentage of cases of injury and death to children began as and escalated from "discipline" using spanking, or corporal punishment, the chickens...

.... do you now wish to pretend to suggest 0:] that your support for or against the use of lethal force against the state by a parent to take their child back is determined by the "legal" aspects of the removal? I found your statement most intriguing. Did I understand you correctly, and if so,...