jim rozen wrote:
In article .com,
Too_Many_Tools says...

I am interested in hearing your opinion on this subject.

Raising kids is a battle of wits.

If you have to hit them to enforce your will, this
is a tacit admission that you're not smart enough,
and that you've lost the battle. Most kids are
pretty smart and pick up on this right away.

This is not to say that parents don't blow a gasket
now and then and swat their offspring.

Which is, of course, exactly the wrong reason and the wrong time to
spank your kids. Nevertheless, most kids survive such "traumatic
events" just fine.

I think it
should be reserved for those few times when the kid
does something really dangerous like running into
the street.

Agreed.

Jeff