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Discipline should not be condensed to spanking or not spanking. I think it involves so much more than that, as sexymama and others have commented. Positive reinforcement, clearly laid out limits, informing your child of the consequences of his/her actions, etc...spankings can be included in that. But it's not always necessary for every child. I have one child who only requires a frown to straighten up. When mine were small I did spank when it came to safety (running in the street, fingers in light sockets, etc). And for being, for lack of a better word, defiant. (My other son once threw a cup at my mom when he was two. I spanked him for it.) But we don't just spank. As they have grown older other methods are more effective and much more disagreeable for them. Which is the point isn't it? To make the behavior unappealing? To teach them self control...etc...
To depend on any "punishment" alone is going to be ineffective period. Teaching your kids to behave isn't about just "punishment". At least I don't think so.
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At length my cry was known:
Therein lay my release.
I met the wolf alone
And was devoured in peace.
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