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   ralph wrote:   
   > Robert J. Kolker  writes   
   >   
   >> David V. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Hit a child; go to jail. There are many other ways to   
   >>> discipline a child THAT WORK without resorting to violence   
   >>>  against them.   
   >>   
   >> A slap on the wrist (in an appropriate situation) does no   
   >> permanent harm. And I agree. There are other wasys of   
   >> getting a child's attention. But wrist slapping or a slap on   
   >>  the butt is not worthy of a jail sentence.   
   >>   
   > I agree. But did you read the original?....   
      
   I did. Some are under the very mistaken impression that   
   gently hitting (an oxymoron if there ever were one) is better   
   than hitting hard. Study after study has shown that any kind of   
   hitting produces negative results. One recent study showed that   
   kids that were hit were more likely to be overweight and have   
   other psychological and social problems than kids that were not hit.   
      
   If your wife, mother, father, or adult friend does something   
   wrong, are you allowed to hit them? What if your employee does   
   something wrong, can you hit them? If hitting corrected wrong   
   behaviors, then why can't you hit adults?  Can a cop just come up   
   and hit you for speeding? But it's alright to hit children? Only   
   because they cannot hit back.   
   --   
   Dave   
      
   "Sacred cows make the best hamburger."  Mark Twain.   
      
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