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Originally posted by HeywoodFloyd:
[b]I was spanked on occasion when I deserved it.No long-term emotional damage.[/b]
I was and didn't (no child does). There was emotional damage and it's a major part of the reason I won't hit the wild girls.
My mother says if she had it to do over again, she wouldn't have spanked us. It was never effective, anyway, and only caused a rift between us that she deeply regretted later.
I also have to wonder: if you believe you deserved to be hit by your parents, what're the chances you're going to rationalize being hit by your partner later in life the same way?
Why would anyone hit the people they love most?