Corporal Punishment: Just Say NO!

Susan Paynter of the Seattle PI writes, "after interviewing countless parents, child-development specialists, psychologists and practitioners of juvenile justice over the years, I am convinced of this: Kids learn nothing at the other end of a hand, fist, belt or backscratcher except a sense of impotent rage that they are highly likely to pass on like an ugly, poisonous hand-me-down."