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To: epicure who wrote (67192)	12/18/1999 3:05:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I think that some latitude for irritability is appropriate, and that you cannot anticipate everything, so if I were you, I would not feel guilty. Although I think that one should stop using it before puberty, I think that spanking through clothing, open- handed, without much force, and a couple of swats, is pretty effective as a disciplinary measure, not because it is so painful (it is not), but because it is a sober ritual. That is my experience, in any case. Would other things have been as effectual? Well, since I rarely spanked unless other things had failed, I doubt it.....

To: epicure who wrote (67192)	12/18/1999 3:09:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 108807

. Partly that swat was MY fault for not having the foresight that cords would be fun to play with--- That's a great early example of my point about being prepared. You don't give a child a car and THEN when he's picked up for speeding tell him he loses his license forever. You already have talked with him about the consequences of the act. ANd so there is no argument from him (althought there will always be attempts at manipulation (but I NEED the car to go see grandmother) and also it keeps emotional overreaction out of it for you. THe few times I swatted CW, I felt AWFUL. He would stand in a corner and stare at me with his enormous brown eyes all cold and distrustful. It was terrible. Of course he was SOO bad. We learned on each other is all I can say in our defense. But I wish people would listen to ones who have endured it or who have done it and regret it, even as little as we did.