re: Is it wrong to spank your kids in public?

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Spanking a kid doesn't harm the kid. It hurts for 30 seconds.

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Studies show that corporal punishment has a strong correlation with reduced gray matter volume in the brain's prefrontal cortex. Ironically, this creates erratic behavioral problems.

So basically physically disciplining your child shuts them up in the moment, but cascades to create more moments in which you have to shut them up.

That's when you reach the point where you actually end up with morons bragging on message boards that they were still hit by their parents at adult age because they chose to spray their superiors with water hoses.