Assertion: spanking | /r/HasProperty | acceptable
Facets:
value: in many countries
type: LOCATION
value: for kids
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: socially
type: DEGREE
value: for years
type: TEMPORAL
value: before the 1990s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Holden says it’s difficult to say exactly how common spanking is, because some surveys measure parents’ beliefs about whether spanking is acceptable (which don’t always line up with their actual behavior) and others tally up parents’ reports of their behavior (which … don’t always line up with their actual behavior).
text: And yet, 81 percent of Americans believe spanking is an acceptable form of punishment.
text: Not very many years ago, some leading child-rearing experts -- even noted pediatrician Benjamin Spock -- agreed that spanking was an acceptable way to discipline children.
text: When thinking about this question, it’s important to remember that before the 1990s, spanking was the well-accepted method that most parents used to discipline their children.
text: For years, spanking has been considered an acceptable way to discipline kids.
text: Having grown up in a home where spanking was an accepted form of punishment (and neither my brother nor I seem to be irreparably harmed from it), you’d think that today I would be in favor of spanking myself.
text: -- 74% of mothers believe spanking is acceptable for kids ages 1 to 3, says another study.
text: Spanking and other forms of correction are legal and socially acceptable in many countries.
text: Again, majorities in all regions continue to say spanking is acceptable.
text: Born-again Christians are, on average, 15 percentage points more likely than the rest of the population to agree that spanking is an acceptable form of punishment.