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To: MSB who wrote (67158)	12/18/1999 12:04:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

I don't think it has anything to do with strong willed children. I don't think hitting someone ever makes them want to please you (it makes them want to avoid being hit- which is not the same thing. Hitting makes a dog cringe and it does exactly the same thing to a kid- who wants a kid that flinches every time a voice is raised?). I agree with Penni that hitting a child is much more about parental anger than it is about a desire to teach. I have said over and over I don't know where the LAW should draw the line, but I know what I think is right and wrong. And hitting something never seems to make it better- whether it's a TV or a dog or a kid.