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When I was a kid and I did something stupid, say pushing my sister down a short flight of stairs, I got smacked. I quickly learned that this wasn't appropriate behavior.
In 8th grade history class at my Catholic school (what fun!) I got smacked in the back of the head with a notebook for giving the wrong answer. What did I learn? School sucks, nuns suck, the Catholic Church sucks and I'm not listening to any of them again.
There is a middle ground in discipline. I don't thing the focus should be on if or what age you should hit you child as much as why you're hitting them.
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Wind: [whistling] I hate you.
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