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It was OK by me for my younger kids, but I used it very sparingly.
I never did it when I was angry, or even mildly upset. I never mixed my emotional reactions with my parental discipline.
I used it only for situations where it was clear that my kids could never, ever do it again -- like running into the street, injuring a sibling, etc.
I also used it for lying. That was the hardest for me to do, but my kids are smarter than I am, and one of them needs boundaries every day, it seems, to keep on the straight and narrow.
They are preteens now. I can't remember the last time I spanked them. But I think it can clear the air in a disciplinary way very quickly when needed.
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