Is Spanking Children OK

Spanking has come under fire in recent years by most child psychologists. But is it effective? And if the answer to that is yes, then how should spanking be administered?

Spanking as a ritualized discipline is a particularly Western tradition

If corporal punishment is meted out in other cultures, it may not be limited to the rear end, but might also consist of slaps to the face, or mild slaps to the head arms, or other parts of the body.

Thrashing or painfully beating a child is considered to be abusive in any culture.

In the West, ritualized beating with a rod or stick used to be accepted, but is not now, although in some Western households the belt is still used to mete out punishment.

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