I cannot stand some people...

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

If you have to get physical with a child over the age of four, you're a piss-poor parent.

If you have to get physical with a child over the age of eight, you've fucked the kid up, possibly beyond repair.

How many kids do you have, CD?

I definitely agree, but I would have dropped the age to two. I held on to the arm of a two year old and spanked her when she ran out in front of a car in a parking lot. Thanks to a driver with quick reflexes and good brakes, nothing happened...other than the two adults involved nearly having heart attacks. I wanted to make a very clear impression that this behavior would NOT be tolerated. I made a rule that while I hauled her infant sister out of *her* car seat, the two year old was to stand with one hand on the car and *never* take the hand off until I told her to.

The inherent problem with spanking is that it's too damned easy to fall back on. You start out with "I'm only going to spank for really big things that could harm them if they did it" then find yourself drifting into spanking for things that are better handled another way. I found myself doing that, and stopped spanking altogether.