Title: why spanking
Review: I think many of the techniques in this book are worthwhile. I was shocked, however, to find that the author advocated spanking, qualified it with an age restriction, and added rules to follow - one of which is "spank only if you can do it in a painful way". There are many ways of removing a child from a situation to teach them what is unacceptable, or dangerous, behavior. There are usually reasons for the behavior. Often they are just having trouble communicating. As a parent of an almost two year old I couldn't imagine ever hitting my own child. I can't think of anything it would teach him except that hitting is okay.
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