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Have you ever wondered how the idea of spanking comes across to a child who has never been spanked? I wondered, too, and given that I have a never-spanked five-year-old, I thought I\u2019d find out. This conversation is the result.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSally, do you think mommies and daddies should be able to hit their children?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what if their children do something wrong? Should parents be able to hit their children then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should use words, they\u2019re not babies!\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, that is her response, verbatim. In Sally\u2019s eyes, parents who hit their children if they do something wrong are acting like babies, who hit because they have no words. Parents aren\u2019t babies, they have words, and they should use them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

And for anyone who questions my use of the word \u201chit\u201d in this conversation, I\u2019d like to know how else<\/em> to explain spanking to a child who has never been spanked.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"