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32. No one is telling you how to raise them. They're just saying you can't abuse them.

Ripping the skin off the thighs, buttocks and genitals of a 4 year old with a stick is abuse, not discipline.

My parents used to beat me too, just like yours did you. My mom also smoked like a chimney. They were far from perfect people. Plus they did not have the benefit of studies that have been out for decades now proving those things are harmful. I do, so I don't smoke nor spank--let alone injure--my kid.

I am sure you have the good sense to know right from wrong. That is why you are a progressive. Certainly follow the good lessons that your parents taught you. In my case, it was the Golden Rule: treating others as you would want to be treated.

There are many effective forms of displine that are not physical. When my son starts to talk back, I just threaten to take away his iPhone. Works like a charm.

And since my husband and I both have made it clear that physically hurting someone is absolutely unacceptable, we have never had a problem with him doing that to others. He is a very strong, athletic kid, but he has never gotten in trouble in school for fighting and as far as I know, has never even thrown a punch.