Farkel	Re: BEAT that Child!
	tj, I've never used any sort of corporal punishment for my four children, either. The only exception was that my wife and I agreed it was ok to give a few whacks on the butt for our children but only when they were in diapers. Obviously the whacks never hurt the children and they were only used for shock value. When the diapers came off we used "time outs" or suspension of privileges as punishment, but nothing corporal. While I do not consider myself physically abused as a child, my father did two things to me that were definitely abusive. Once he whipped my back with a belt. I was too embarrassed to dress for gym for the next three days until the welts went away. On another occassion he held my hand under running hot water until it blistered. But he never did anything abusive other than that. Considering the horror stories I've heard, I consider myself lucky. Also, I forgave him decades ago for those two incidents. Farkel "When in doubt, duck!"
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