And this is the only thing you achieve with spanking - but only for a while. Later the whole family will have to pay the price for their obedience. And this you should know just from the first day of your child. Then it is up to you to make the choice consciously. If you haven t cluttered the airwaves between you and your child with a thousand stupid 'don ts' over your Royal Doulton china, or not eating their dessert before the main course, or not finishing their spinach, or not doing this or that, then those few situations where it really matters because of safety and impropriety don t need anything approaching the connotation of 'discipline' to ensure appropriate behavior.
All truth goes through three stages.
First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Although this document is copyrighted and must be not shortened, added or changed, it can be used for pamphlets, leaflets or posters. It can be distributed as widely as possible, above all in schools - before young people decide to have children without knowing what this decision involves.