This thread is really hard to read now.
But Scarlet is right. Spanking doesn't make children compliant but it does make them more aggressive,
according to the body of research that's been conducted on the subject. It is a barbaric, ineffective, potentially dangerous form of punishment and not enough parents are hearing the message. I was spanked once as a child and it didn't work. Fortunately my parents figured that out pretty quickly and I had a mostly peaceful relationship with them from then on. When I acted up, the punishments were always non-physical.
There is no good reason to hit a child just as there is no good reason to hit an adult under most circumstances
(yes - even alt-right goons!). Let's stop relying on physical violence to solve our problems.
