Great article and very useful! Thank you.

Wow - amen to all that! This is a great and very insightful article. Great job and 5*!

Super advice. My kids definitely see me read and I'm so excited that my 1st grader has started begging me for the "funnies" from the Sunday paper every week! 5*

My son just joined Cub Scouts and this sounds like a wonderful way for them to do something nice for others at Christmas, especially these days when most kids think only of what new toys they will get! Thanks for a great article. 5* and a rec.

Great ideas to keep them busy and maybe help them learn something along the way. 5*

Such good advice. I always do Step 2 with my son and I didn't even realize I did it until I read your article. :) 5*

Great advice and a necessary reminder for parents coping with ADHD! 5*

Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research on "spanking". Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child buttock-battering isn't a good idea: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center For Effective Discipline, PsycHealth Ltd Behavioral Health Professionals, Churches' Network For Non-Violence, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Parenting In Jesus' Footsteps, Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In 26 countries, child buttock-battering is prohibited by law (a...

Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE: Child buttock-battering for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit. Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit. I think the reason why television shows like "Supernanny" and "Dr. Phil" are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do. There are several reasons why child buttock-battering isn't a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals: Plain Talk About Spanking by Jordan Riak, The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children by Tom Johnson, NO VITAL ORGANS THERE So They Say by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.

thank you for the advice.