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,...

According to the Pew Research Center, only 29% of voters think the Democratic Party is religion friendly. Even Howard Dean acknowledged that the Republican Party is "pretty much a white Christian party." Yet, nearly 60 percent of Democratic voters attend church at least once a month. Most spank...

From the educational goobers that brought you the paddle-free classroom comes more exciting news. The village idiots have been running off good teachers before they even get into the classroom. Worse, this was going on prior to the "educational flatline"! Most teachers become teachers because...

Complaint filed against Tenet's former general counsel South Florida Business Journal - 6:27 PM EDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2007/09/17/daily31.html The federal government has filed a complaint alleging that the former general counsel of Tenet...

Another View: Volume, not neglect, is what CPS is hindered by By Richard Wexler - Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, July 6, 2008 Story appeared in FORUM section, Page E3 http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1061438.html Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child

http://www.dailypressandargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/NEWS01/70417008/1002 STATE: Child dies in foster home Caregivers tell police of seizure By Jack Kresnak GANNETT NEWS SERVICE Another Wayne County foster child -- the third in eight months -- died of trauma incurred at a...

Answers are due from DSS brass By Boston Herald editorial staff Friday, July 6, 2007 http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=1009834&srvc=home Jessica Silveira is a “wonderful mother” and her live-in boyfriend a regular Mr. Rogers around kids, at least according to the couple’s...

On 07 Mar 2004 15:18:54 GMT, (Fern5827) wrote: http://www.beanswers.com/pages/jan200.htm#myth Here's the introduction from the author's home page: "We have answers for: Todays youth problems Marriage and family problems

http://www.beanswers.com/pages/jan200.htm#myth BTW, lying is a very common characteristic of anti-social children.

The ruts on the riverbank By Jim Conley Brookline TAB, December 16, 2004 In the last installment of this column, we examined the notion that Brookline Town Government and its national counterpart have more in common than being situated near silt-filled rivers. Both are polarized by hostility to...

"While students are guaranteed the freedom of speech, LeMoyne College's recent actions against a student have raised questions of whether or not academic papers are the place to exercise this right. LeMoyne College expelled Scott McConnell, a student from its Masters of Education program, for...

Corporal punishment is now banned in Indianapolis schools by a 6 to 1 vote of the school board there. Chris

With this; http://www.katu.com/news/4427607.html COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee say a spat over chewing gum ended with a 14-year-old boy stabbing his twin brother to death. The sheriff's office in Maury County says the twins were arguing when

A short time ago I posted I posted a reference to a new study called "Physical Discipline and Children's adjustment: Cultural Normativeness as a Moderator." Where are all the pro-spankers that claim to "know best" and in that omniscient knowing, claim that all research illuminating the ill...

Greetings! Please understand that I am not trying to convert anyone to my Faith. My previous post got here by an honest mistake it was meant for another group and it has nothing to do with the subject of this group. Again accept my apologies. Thanks.

Not one Justice dissented. Formerly, the conventional wisdom stated that those who use punishment should not leave marks on the child. Now, I don't know your skin CLASSIFICATION (derms have a system for skin classification), but if I breathe on my skin wrongly, I bruise. If I scratch too hard, I...

Apple puts spotlight on CPS http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=10419 Benjamin Shors Staff writer June 23, 2007 Amid the blue herringbone chairs in the waiting room of the county’s juvenile court, it’s not uncommon to hear scathing critiques of the

The headline refers to the case of an Arkansas worker for DHS, the CPS agency in Arkansas who could go to "prison for life for beating pre-teen." But teen was well enough to go to school. Somehow, I have a feeling this young lady's homework will never be completed. Well, the school nurse treated...

I was just lurking here and couldn't believe how insulting and abusive the side arguing against spanking are. Is that how they discipline their children sue to their fanaticism against CO? My sister who was a social worker (now works for children's court as an attorney and is against CO)...

http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2004/Feb/926.html Texas: February 2004 Corporal Punishment: U. S. Students Still Getting the Paddle "The debate over whether corporal punishment has a place in American education became very personal for Ralph McLaney when the principal of Carver Middle...

My name is Dr. Nancy J. Eckstein and I am a family communication researcher who studies the phenomenon of parents who have been verbally, physically, and emotionally abused by their adolescent children. I have published numerous articles and have produced a documentary called the "Color of Hope"...