If you have spanked your children in the past, but have decided that you will stop, talk to your children about it. The question of whether or not parents should spank their children is not easy to answer. However, spanking is only one of the factors which needs to be considered in the overall discipline process. Ages 5-12 . Parenting , 136-141.
Southern parents spank children more than Northern parents, study finds .
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