Disciplining Children Without Spanking

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The paper reviews the modern transition from a society where spanking was the norm to one where it has little acceptance. The paper cites several arguments both for and against spanking. It continues to list several alternative methodologies for child-rearing, including democratic parenting. The paper concludes that avoiding physical discipline will best lead to "healthy, normal, well-mannered children who learn respect at an early age and never forget it."

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"Spanking these days is grounds for having your children taken away. It has happened, and continues to happen, when a child complains in school (and the teacher or school nurse see some bruising) or when concerned neighbors see or hear a child being spanked. It is, as the library correctly states it, corporal punishment. And child welfare agencies now take a very dim view of even the slightest hint of spanking as a means of hurting the child."

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