Don't go there. 0;->

Spanking compulsives will want to avoid this article.

"But those debates, Dr. Sanghavi says, steal attention from the real
issue-giving parents as many methods of firm, loving discipline as
possible. "We're all striving for parental authority," he says. 'But it
doesn't come from physical strength, and children know that. Authority
comes from having emotional and psychological strength and control, and
the ability to reason with kids. The more discipline skills that
parents have in their toolbox, the less they'll resort to spanking.'"

http://www.parents.com/articles/moms...160.jsp?page=1

wrote:
Spanking compulsives will want to avoid this article.

"But those debates, Dr. Sanghavi says, steal attention from the real
issue-giving parents as many methods of firm, loving discipline as
possible. "We're all striving for parental authority," he says. 'But it
doesn't come from physical strength, and children know that. Authority
comes from having emotional and psychological strength and control, and
the ability to reason with kids. The more discipline skills that
parents have in their toolbox, the less they'll resort to spanking.'"

http://www.parents.com/articles/moms...160.jsp?page=1

"But the majority.61 percent of the parents who responded to our poll.say
baloney. Five percent of these parents describe themselves as regular
spankers; 56 percent say they spank occasionally. Everywhere, they point
out, are examples of children who need a good pop on the bottom, and they
roll their eyes when the zealots describe spanking as child abuse. What's
really abusive, these parents argue, are mothers and fathers who don't
discipline at all."

Doan


On 19 Aug 2005 wrote:

Spanking compulsives will want to avoid this article.

"But those debates, Dr. Sanghavi says, steal attention from the real
issue-giving parents as many methods of firm, loving discipline as
possible. "We're all striving for parental authority," he says. 'But it
doesn't come from physical strength, and children know that. Authority
comes from having emotional and psychological strength and control, and
the ability to reason with kids. The more discipline skills that
parents have in their toolbox, the less they'll resort to spanking.'"

http://www.parents.com/articles/moms...160.jsp?page=1