Our kids are now grown at 22 and 23 but to be honest I have nevr connected the two things in my mind. Our kids were never really disciplined by hitting. They had a slap on the wrist to teach about safety such as fingers into plug sockets etc but I agree with the withdrawal of priviliges.

The fact that we as parents dabble in spanking etc does not mean the we abused our kids. It means that we have discovered something that we as adults enjoy...nothing more and nothing less.

I am a new poster here and this is really the first time that I have joined a discussion like this. It is so refreshing to be able to talk about this type of thing with other like minded people. Have to admit that I was nervous about joining this site...it's not as if it's a run of the mill site. But have been so impressed with the whole thing here.

Lyn