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"So in conlclusion, while a pat on the bottom in anathema, pumping your child full of psychotropic drugs is a perfectly healthy way to modify your child's behavior."

Sterling post! There is (as many have said) no right or good way that applies universally. Each child is as different as each snowflake and requires individualized, thoughtful treatment to come to self-discipline and mature behaviour.

To those of you who have never had to spank (of which type our family has two, aged 18 and 10) I wish a few at the other end of the spectrum (of which this family has 3, aged 14, 11 and 6) and some of the middle of the gamut (of which this family has 2, aged 15 & 5).

Raising a child takes more grace, wisdom, consistency and adult example today than ever before but the rewards are equally valuable.
If the government will give us freedom of choice responsible parents will succeed. If not most will fail.