Elementary principals will be able to paddle misbehaving students (Page 3)

It's a sad commentary on humans if striking a child is what we feel like we have to resort to for punishment.

Basically, "my patience has run out trying to be reasonable, so I will just hit you."

Spanking doesn't have to be out of frustration and should never be done out of anger. It is a consequence same as any other. You may not like that particular consequence but that doesn't make it invalid for use. 

If I tell a kid not to do something or they will be spanked, they hear, understand, then proceed to do it anyway the consequence was already laid out and they will receive it. There isn't any anger involved and there shouldn't be. 

I could just as easily say it is a sad commentary that we choose to put our children in time out and imprison them in their own time out space instead of logically reasoning with them. What does that teach? That if you are bad you will get locked up? 

Hmmmm ya know, both sound like real life. If I go up to a couple in a bar and ask the wife for pizza there is a good chance I'll get smacked. If I get drunk then drive home I'll get locked up. If I mouth off to the cop who is trying to arrest me I will get smacked or tazed, they won't "be reasonable" with me. 

Different consequences work on different kids and work for different parents. It is up to the parent to figure out what works for them or their kid. But condemning one parents choice is out of line IMO. 

Now I agree that a beating in the Walmart parking lot because the parent is finally peeved off is not an appropriate use of spanking. But in the context I laid out above it is a viable option. 

But of course... you and I don't have kids so we don't know anything and really shouldn't be discussing this!