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13. What part of an adult hitting a child with a weapon doesn't seem offensive to you??

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 05:28 PM

Sep 2014

I find this whole line of reasoning from WITHIN the culture of adult violence against children repulsive.

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A paddle or a switch? [View all] kentuck Sep 2014 OP

My mother had a paddle notadmblnd Sep 2014 #1

I got the belt as a kid... WestCoastLib Sep 2014 #2

Teachers,of.all.people, elleng Sep 2014 #3

I remember paddling in the schools as recently as the mid-1980s. femmocrat Sep 2014 #5

Kids soon found that little switches left bigger welts Warpy Sep 2014 #4

No. I think violence is wrong in all forms. kentuck Sep 2014 #7

I just turned 60. Puglover Sep 2014 #8

Like those are the only choices? SheilaT Sep 2014 #9

There are enough studies available... Wait Wut Sep 2014 #10