[timm22]

I wonder if this study distinguished between kids who were disciplined through non-smacking means, and those kids who weren't disciplined at all because their parents were lazy bums who couldn't be bothered to raise their children properly.

If it didn't account for this difference then the study doesn't prove that smacking is a superior form of disciplining your child. It only suggests that smacking is superior to neglect.

[luckystarmom]

That’s what I wonder. We disciplined our children, but didn’t spank. For example, once my kids were being noisy and awful at a movie theater. We left. Never happened again.