[From many - one.]

I think we will have to agree to disagree.

My experiences are in direct contradiction to yours.

Being hit taught me to lie to avoid punishment. I even remember the day: I tried to hit my sister. Whap! from Dad. "Do you still feel like hitting your sister?" "Yes." Whap!

4 or 5 repeats and I lied. Also decided never to tell the truth again unless it was the "right" answer.

It wasn't until adulthood that my sister and I became friends and I decided I was strong enough to be honest from then on.

Didn't hit my own kids. All have, at one point or another, gotten public recognition of their fine character.

[King Prout]

you never used pain, humiliation, or intimidation to discipline your children?
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ok.