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Now there’s a headline I never expected to see in main stream media. I know this is hottly debated, but I’ll say one thing on the matter: I remember being spanked–once, and that’s all it took. And I must say also that I turned out just fine, thank you very much.

Foxnews.com

Young children spanked by their parents may grow up to be happier and more successful than those who have never been hit, a study has found.

According to the research, children spanked up to the age of 6 were likely as teenagers to perform better at school and were more likely to carry out volunteer work and to want to go to college than their peers who had never been physically disciplined.

But children who continued to be spanked into adolescence showed clear behavioral problems.

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Carolyn Moynihan, Mercatornet.com

Now that spanking is taboo, what are parents using as a last resort? Screaming, say people who are in the know.

And moms — who seem to be the main screamers — are feeling guilty about it, according to an article in the New York Times. Instead of a swift whack on the pants for the four-year-old who — presumably as the climax to spell of defiant behaviour — tears a page out of book or pours milk on the floor, the mom at the end of her tether “loses it” and yells at the child, “Why did you do that? Why would you do that?” Read more…