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To: Neocon who wrote (67201)	12/18/1999 10:14:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I cannot recall any of your studies which really proved that spanking was in any sense a really positive child rearing practice, even the ones which seemed more favorable or tolerant of the practice. There are effective disciplinary techniques even for seriously disturbed children which do not include spanking; although one would have to learn them. I suspect that many parents who do not want to be deprived of a disciplinary technique they find useful are simply on automatic pilot and are generally uninterested in learning more conscious parenting techniques. Should their children suffer for this? As far as harassment goes, I am surprised that you would consider it an issue for parents who wanted to continue spanking, but not also look at how spanking can be viewed as harassment (at the very least) for children. If you are arguing that this is a family privacy issue, then is spousal battery, as well? My point is--where do you draw the line?