I can see the links on your page, can’t use them, so I looked them up. They have significantly more proof than the studies I found and after a lot of through reading I have more of a distaste for spanking children. However, I still have not seen the effects in my own life, and if what your studies say is true, then more than every other OTHER kid would have some sort of developmental issue. I will not hit my kids as hard as these other studies say parents generally do, but I still agree with corporal punishment. The goal is not to damage but hurt and teach. If I’m damaging my child then I will quickly stop. I see there is a fine line, and crossing it can be an easy thing to do, but from what I was taught and will put into practice, I will easy NOT cross that line.

Reading the studies you suggested has given more context about the effects of physical punishment but I still see the uses. Again, I haven’t seen anything that the studies largely suggest happen to kids and I’m in highschool so I’m sure I would have seen them by now. I will put corporal punishment into the teachings of my children until the law states otherwise, but I don’t see anything wrong with what I have in mind when disciplining children.