My impression is that parents have allowed too much stupid discussion about a topic that is personal and non-trivial. I see "spanking blogs" and "spanking porn" all over the internet. This is a shame! Spanking is an educational tool that belongs in the home and in school. It teaches the child that he is not adult, and that he must shape up. Spanking is not something anyone should crave for to give. Parents are forced by children to employ spanking! The children understand that they need it and they ask for it every way they know! Parents must give children the good things they ask for! We will have a better society if the children's needs are taken seriously! It is foolish for parents to even consider the babblings of the educators who oppose spanking! These people have only one thing in mind: to secure their careers by fighting against the parents! Who gave then the right to secondguess the parents? The society run amok! That's who. parents are supposed to exercise their parental rights to spank, not forfeit them to wicked "anti-spankers"!