There are other adults I trust with my kids enough to let them spank them. It's a pretty short list. I wouldn't condone teachers spanking my kids, but I don't have much of an opinion on them spanking other kids, as long as they had the parents' consent.

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TV's Frink said:
Unfortunately, in many cases the difficulty is determining when spanking ends and beating begins.

Warb:
exactly. this is why none of it should be allowed. The acceptability of spankings by society has led to child abuse. Parents start out with just spanking the child, then it gets worse and worse and and the kid ends up looking like a punching bag.

Allow me to crib from TheBoost:

Are we actually talking about anything? What laws abuse do you mean? What cases are you citing? Or is it just a general "kids today... spanking leads to abuse.... grumble grumble"?

I don't know of any abuse that started out as spanking. There's a clear, thick line (maybe 8pts) between abuse and spanking from where I can see it. I don't personally know of any kids (or wives, for that matter) that look like punching bags... And I think most of the parents I know (maybe 80%?) spank.

But then again... I don't have a temper/violence problem. So maybe that makes a difference.