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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Um, russ said that physical discipline is for the parents to perform, not that it should not be done.
It seems to me that those of us who believe physical discipline is valid are able to discern between giving a child a slap and beating a child, whereas those who are against physical discipline are unable to discern the difference.
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I'm not an advocate of hitting children but, knowing what little I do about Russ from reading his posts, I suspect his form of physical discipline would be mild and hardly likely to trouble child protection agencies (although other parents, as Sean points out, may not know where to draw a line or control their anger). My ire is aimed fairly and squarely at those who think it is acceptable to assault children, take pride in it and actually think it's going to achieve something positive.