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bellinghamsailor
I am disapointed but not surprised at the number of numbskulls who immediately start talking about spanking and corporal punishment to make children subject to THE WILL OF THE PARENT. The lack of beating does NOT lead to spoiled children, BUT beating a child DOES lead to any number of problems later in life including second-generation child abuse. Virtually all child abusers were abused as children.
Nobody was talking about beating and child abuse, and no one in their right mind would argue that child abuse is a good thing. There is a BIG difference between a beating and simply administering 1 spank or slap to stop a young child from doing something. Let's face it: a child under age 5 can generally not be rationalized with or talked out of doing something they shouldn't do. Sometimes the only way to communicate to a small child that they are doing something wrong is to physically restrain the child, physically pull them away from a particular object or other person, or give them a quick slap.
"Indigo Children" and their ilk are spoiled children who have never even had an adult tell them the word "no".
There is a video going around on the internet of a young boy having a temper tantrum who is beating his sibling, his mother, and his father. I mean, seriously punching and kicking! And the parents just curl up into a ball while the kid is doing this! Obviously those parents are of the same mindset as you that any type of physical action on THEIR part towards the child is "abuse". Is that the type of child-rearing you would prefer? It certainly isn't working well in that family.