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To: epicure who wrote (66140)	12/11/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: Nuni	Respond to of 108807

I am uncomfortable with this issue. Perhaps it also depends on one's children. If mine did something that frightened me, I just instinctively (what word to use?--wopped, gently slapped their hands) because I had to act quickly--reasoning wouldn't have worked in the situations I'm talking about. I never used the sort of physical discipline that one might define as abusive. My family background is non-abusive. I don't even remember being spanked. I don't feel any guilt about I'm talking about. My teenaged son probably finds my nagging more offensive than the few (gentle) wops I gave him as a naughty two-year-old. This is obviously a sensitive issue. I'm the most gentle of parents, yet I feel somehow like I'm accused of being somewhat abusive. I think it's not good to think about it too much. Just be sympathetic and understanding as much as one can.

To: epicure who wrote (66140)	12/11/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Here is Penelope Leach on spanking ~ I think that she makes a lot of good points against spanking, but I think it's interesting that something like 97% of parents in Britain have spanked their children, so it's not like we are in the minority if we do. I suppose I think it's interesting because when I think about spanking my children, I feel guilty, somewhat defeated, like if I were a good mother, I wouldn't feel like I "had" to spank, I'd have figured out a better way. I wonder if men who beat their wives think it's for the wife's own good. cnet.unb.ca