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.@rezaaslan @Vikings using the word "spanking" is a way to minimize and justify assault and battery of a child. Don't fall for it.

. @pattym @rezaaslan Spanking children may contribute 2 intergenerational violence http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx … #childrensrights #domesticviolence

.@JeffreyGuterman There was a time when this was accepted practice. Encouraged, even. AP isn't a monster. Just wrong. @pattym @rezaaslan

. @PeebsY0 I agree. Those who hit children are not monsters nor "bad people." Key to solutions is alternative coping and parenting skillls.

@JeffreyGuterman @PeebsY0 I am a child of the 70's and this is a style my parents used. Not a style I use with my children.

Good for you, @PSYCHOLOGY120J! @PeebsY0 .

@JeffreyGuterman @PeebsY0 I turned out just fine, but there are many alternative parenting styles to use

. @PSYCHOLOGY120J I propose it is never necessary to hit a child. Doing so tend to suppress, not change behavior and, also, teach violence.

@rezaaslan @Vikings That was no spanking, it was a whipping. And the child is 4 years old.

@tbake7 @rezaaslan @Vikings I hope Peterson gets anger management and parenting instructions and not jail time.

@rezaaslan with a what?

@Swimmingly_ lol thanks never heard 'switch' referred to as that