Reply #218: I have three kids

[lumberjack_jeff]

For some kids, spanking is never appropriate. For other kids, spanking is generally avoidable in lieu of other disciplinary measures. For still other kids, some safety issues require immediate obedience and the only thing that works is fear of corporal punishment.

I'm not quite 50. I was probably a category two person. I was spanked, and given hacks by teachers. I survived.

There is a distinction between spanking/corporal punishment and abuse. The judge is engaging in a little social engineering. The relationship between parent and child is different than the dynamic between two adults. The parent is ultimately responsible for raising the child to successful adulthood. If you get run over by the bus even after I've told you to look both ways before crossing the street, I'm not criminally liable.