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Is Spanking your Child wrong

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Is Spanking Your Child Wrong

It is very debatable whether you should spank your child or not . Some look at it as abuse , but I believe that there is a very thick line between abuse and discipline . I was spanked as a child , and I do not regret it therefore , I spank my children . The opposition , of course , is that spanking is abuse . The differences between spanking for discipline purposes and

abuse is so thick you 'd need a chainsaw to cut through it

Growing up , we lived a typical American lifestyle . Both of my parents worked , all the kids had chores , and were responsible for looking after one another until our parents got home . We were given allowances for doing well , and we were spanked when we did wrong . I know that I did my fair share of trouble making as a child , and was punished accordingly Our punishments ranged anywhere from spanking , to loss of allowance , to being banished to the couch to watch TV with the family . I grew up with morals and values comparable to . I learned to respect adults , my parents , and the law . If I didn 't , I knew what was coming . of this would be possible if I hadn 't been punished , spanked in particularly because I wouldn 't have had the fear , so to speak , of the repercussions of my actions . I now...