I'll show you kids that never got "hit" that are good kids, and kids that never got "hit" that are bad kids.
I'll also show you kids that got "hit" that are good kids, and kids that got "hit" that are good kids.
NOONE can tell me for sure if their good behavior was related to spanking, or if their bad behavior was related to spanking.
Today's media always makes it a point to make excuses for kids that behave badly, and inevitable, there will be a mention, whether fact or fiction, of something along the lines of "we don't know if he was abused as a child or what". Possibly, he didn't get "abused" enough, but you won't hear the media say that EVER.
We should give our kids everything they NEED, not everything they WANT. We should discipline our kids the way we see fit, without allowing them to become a burden on society because of a lack of discipline.
My kids should become worried when I quit disciplining them, cause at that point I have ceased to give a Sh*t!!!