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« on: May 04, 2010, 12:59:19 pm »Message ID: 175607
OK, OK, OK: I'm not here to spark controversy for the sake of it, but there's something that's been causing me to pause and wonder, for all the conventional wisdom, forbidding us to spank (our) children out of fear of serious, long-term psychological repercussions, I've been told by some parents, with their "boots-on-the-ground" experience, questioning if kids misbehave because they want to see what their boundaries are. By doing so, kids with their respective development issues can see what's right vs. what's wrong, so as to be more secure with themselves... and by being more secure with themselves--thanks to their parents' guidance/supervision, they can feel loved by mom and dad. So by direct accounts, does that provocatively mean children will feel unloved if they don't get spanked? I mean, there's something to be said about why kids, or for that matter, adults, still seek outrageous ways of getting (loving?) attention!