Spanked children more aggressive

No duh. You're just teaching them might is right with spanking. If you can't parent without spanking, you shouldn't be a parent

I disagree. There may be times when it's required. I do agree that it can easily lose it's effectivness if abused.

Oh please. I was a little asshole when I was a kid. Grounding me and giving me timeouts and all that other bleeding heart crap did shit to slow me down. But when I started getting spanked( not beat but legitimately spanked) I started calming down. Until I hit about 15-16
And since spanking has basically been considered child abuse for the last umpteen years now, how do you explain the extreme increase in violence. If there is a connection between the two, I fail to see it considering that except for the truly abusive parents, fewer people actually spank their kids. IF fewer kids are being spanked, why are more of them becoming violent at younger and younger ages?
I mean c'mon. Unless yer prepared to bolt their bedroom door and seal their window shut, grounding is pointless. Take away their video games? Well screw you, they'll just go to Johnny's after school and play games at his house all evening. What are ya gonna do, ground 'em? Give em a "time out"? Oh, how a bout a stern talking to, that'll teach 'em.

Oh by the way, I NEVER considered myself to have been abused by my parents.

In case the author hadn't noticed, children have become much more agressive, disrespectful and self serving in the last 50 years, which just happens to coincide with the politically correct, Dr Fucking Spock, hands off approach to parenting.

Soooo.......the spanked children are more likely to pick a fight with you, and kick your ass in the parking lot.

Unspanked children will simply sneak into your room quietly and stab you in your sleep.


Glad I spanked my children.

So the real question is, do spanked children make better hockey players

Oh you're gooooooooood.



I'm gonna vote for yes.

Are you sure you aren't Canadian?

Are you sure you aren't Canadian?

Only by blood

Think, that isn't true, because "very democratic methods" are not always useful and sometimes they can't understand in another way^)

Oh wow...No shit REALLY!!!!

Well we certainly know the Oilers and Flames werent spanked if that were the case...

I an NOT more aggressive!!!

Now F**K OFF and leave me alone...

Anyone else get switched?

I imagine that many disciplinary techniques are effective, as long as they are properly and consistently applied. Justice flavored with a little love, or some such.