That really wasn't the emphasis I was making. It's that you as a parent don't have the foresight to see how that will effect your child. There is always some psychologist who will say there are problems with how we do any thing nowadays. Kids today have no respect, no discipline. It is as mm said, that spanking decreases, violent crimes increase. In I believe sweden (I could be wrong) it has been outlawed since the 1970 to use any form of corporal punishment, including spanking. Since the 1970's there has been a significant increase in violent crimes and murders. Also there has been a rampant increase in child-parent abuse since the 1970's, where parents actually fear their children, and what their kids will do to them. Kids today run around doing what ever they want, tell their parents to !@#$%^&* off, destroy others things for the fun of it, and a ton of other !@#$%^&*. You bet your !@#$%^&* if my son ever talks to me, or my wife in that manner, the last thing he'll have to worry about is being grounded. What's your solution for when your kid is out of control, and nothing you can say will stop him?