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To Spank or Not To Spank?

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I have a hard time watching this video, but I have posted it to illustrate a point. Every parent comes to a crossroads in their child-raising adventure when this question must be considered: To Spank or Not to Spank? When our daughters misbehave, they respond well to time-outs or loss of video game/tv time.  End of story.  Fairly easy discipline. Enter our three-year-old boy.  I think he has been getting into trouble since he could move.  Walking and running have increased his mahem-making ability a hundred fold.  He has an internal magnet that leads him to trouble.  This weekend, I went to pick up my daughter from musical practice at a local church.  My two littles and I snuck in to watch the end of practice and then my boy shot past us - by the time I took my little girl's hand and exited the performance area, he was out of sight.  I didn't panic because he does this almost every week.  He always turns up, but searching for him t...