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I felt so lost when I first decided not to spank. It seemed like there were just no resources for parents like me. After almost 2 years, I am continually surprised by the sheer amount of great information on why spanking is damaging, and tons of great resources on gentle parenting. The links to articles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,20,11],"tags":[12,46,18],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipline","category-education","category-parenting","tag-children","tag-parenting-questions","tag-spanking"],"yoast_head":"\n
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