No. Not really. (a) He's not my child to correct and (b) the respect he shows me is temporary and he shows more contempt for me than anything. The truth is he shows nobody respect if they even attempt to challenge him. He knows the moment his mom is in the room he can cry to her and get his way and she will bend…

What AP did wasn't spanking, it was beating, clear and simple, if you leave marks on your kids out of anger, you are not doing them any favors.

Personally I don't have kids, because I'm terrified that I would be a shitty parent. But my sister has a son who she will not discipline (traditionally) and will kowtow to…

If you can't see that line, then please, don't ever have kids.

I appreciate the sentiment. Every child is different, and requires a different approach. You just do what works, and try to make them good members of society. For what it's worth, my dad is one of 13, my mom is one of six, I've over 40 cousins & siblings, and it's been three generations since someone didn't have a…

You know what? I'll defend you here. I don't think spanking should be outlawed, and I don't equate it with abuse, either. I've seen parents who seem to be able to make it work.

You're totally right. I hope I never have to spank any of my kids again. I still think I made the right decision, and I'd do it again if need be. This really an object lesson in groupthink. I said spanking is not beating, which I feel this article equates, and everyone jumped at the idea that I just slap the taste…

Kids are just as smart as adults; they just lack emotional maturity and life experience. I've talked with my daughter; she has a nearly eidetic memory, and a huge vocabulary. She know what I mean when I speak on complex things, and is able to put it in context. She's also 3.5 feet tall & 40 lbs, so we've had huge…

I get that you want some black & white answer, but the planet doesn't work that way. Spanking is one of many tools to raise a kid, it DOES depend. Every child is different. You can't say every kid should be spanked, and can't say every kid shouldn't. You do what works.

Every child is different, ergo every line is different. I'd never give my daughter the kind of spanking I got, but my son? Who was a little older and maybe did something I did? I might. I think it's a case by case thing. People have the right to disagree, but the primary responsibility of a parent is to raise a…

I'm not agreeing with Adrian at all. I felt this article is EQUATING what Peterson did (beating/abuse) with spanking, and that's my issue. It seems like no one's getting that, though.

Spanking with the hand is one thing. Beating with a switch all over the body, yeah, that's abuse. I mean, geez, he even had injuries to his scrotum. How is that NOT abuse? Please explain this to me. And before you ask if I have kids, I have two sons, 4 and 7, and yes, I've had to spank them but I follow those three…

Yeah, I totally punched her right in the kidney. *sigh* Spanking is not beating. Equating the two is my main problem with this article. Does anyone here read for context, or is this just some sort of whiny millennial circle jerk/echo chamber?

Lies! I work in a prison. Most of the inmates are little boys that were spoiled by mom. Now they act up over not getting everything their way.

A spanking - a quick smack on the butt to break a cycle of hysteria, is not beating. But good luck telling the people on Gawker media this, most of them don't even have kids. It's the classic "well from my armchair and keyboard I can say 100% of the time if you spank you are bad". This is simply not true.

Ironically enough there are people who feel they can intelligently add to this discussion without understanding the difference between a spanking and abuse.

Keep fighting the good fight. Next thing you know, they'll be arguing that swatting your dog on the nose is animal cruelty.

I think it's the exact opposite- female strippers have a higher than normal rate of non-present, absentee fathers.

The same way I don't put her in time-out, or take away her Reading Rainbow time out of anger. :\

Once again, Spanking is not beating. I don't know how else to say it.

Who spanks their kid twice a week? Do they schedule them? "You might have done something, so let's just get preemptive!" I had maybe 5 spankings in my LIFE, and none after I was 10. SMH