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Who's the Pervert? Is Hitting a Child More Acceptable Than Holding Her?

Erika Christakis | Posted 05.22.2012

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Single fathers -- gay fathers, no less -- seem to be under special scrutiny lest their loving attention veer into unsavory territory. Are we so uncomfortable with male nurturing that we assume something perverse about it?

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PAIN EQUALS PLEASURE: LA Bondage Convention A Big Hit (NSFW)

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.21.2012

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Bondage buffs from as far away as Europe and Japan beat a path to Los Angeles this past weekend just for the chance to get beaten. It's all part of...

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Is BDSM Normal Or Brand-spanking New?

www.yourtango.com | Posted 04.24.2012

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The popular book Fifty Shades Of Grey, about a nice-looking young man who is into sexualized corporal punishment (BDSM, I suppose) and the woman who l...

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Spanking Still Allowed At Some Florida Schools

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.15.2012

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While punishing students by spanking them with paddles at school seems like a scene from Little House on the Prairie , it's still a reality for studen...

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If You Don't Hit Your Children Are You Giving Them Permission To Riot?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 03.31.2012

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Rather than find a way to lift a family out of poverty, or improve discipline and order in the schools, or provide activities and hobbies to poor children the job of the government is to make it easier for parents to hit their kids?

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Man Who Swapped Scholarships For Spankings Gets Two Years

AP | Posted 12.08.2011

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A Virginia restaurant owner accused of spanking three young women he was helping financially has pleaded guilty to aggravated s...

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7th Grade Teacher Accused Of Spanking Students

AP | Posted 02.06.2012

LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- A South Carolina middle school teacher has turned himself in to authorities to face assault and battery charges after he was accus...

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Three Dead Children, Three Accused Parents, All Adopted. Just A Coincidence?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

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In three cases where children were apparently punished to death, all the victims were adopted. Merely grisly coincidence? Or cause and effect that society needs to face?

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Why Are We Still Beating Our Kids?

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 01.09.2012

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Seems the only difference between Judge Adams and a whole slew of other parents is their kids' lack of access to a camera. Whatever the justification, whatever the weapon, whatever the amount of force, hitting your child is still what it's always been: violence as punishment.

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Parenting in the Age of YouTube

Missy Chase Lapine | Posted 01.04.2012

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It's a good question to ask ourselves as parents -- it's a good exercise to imagine yourself being videotaped, and to ask yourself whether you'd make any real changes to your style.

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Thanks To My Dad, I Never Spanked My Kids

Miriam Novogrodsky | Posted 12.25.2011

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When a child is spanked, they are waiting for the adult to calm down. I remember waiting. When we spank children we abuse our power.

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To Spank or Not to Spank, That Is the Question!

Robi Ludwig | Posted 10.24.2011

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This child didn't need to be given reason; he needed parameters. One could even argue that he needed a firm hand. Sometimes, children push so hard because they need to know their limits and, on some level, want those limits enforced.

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Texas Mom Sentenced For Spanking Daughter

Posted 08.20.2011

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Spanking children is a long time hot button issue for parents, but a Texas court just sent a warning to parents with a "spare the rod, spoil the child...

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Cops: Convenience Store Clerk Sold Kids Smokes In Exchange For Spankings

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities in South Carolina say they arrested a 50-year-old convenience store clerk who sold cigarettes and smokeless tobacc...

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Fashion Designer Launches Campaign To End Corporal Punishment In Schools

Posted 05.25.2011

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Alarmed that corporal punishment is still used to discipline students in many U.S. schools, fashion designer Marc Ecko has launched a campaign to end ...

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'Hitch-22': 6 Juicy Celebrity Bites From Christopher Hitchens's New Memoir (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Gideon Pine | Posted 05.25.2011

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In recent years, Christopher Hitchens's personality has almost always overshadowed his prose. So, it seems fitting that the 61-year-old rhetorical pug...

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Breaking News: Spanking Can Be Bad for 3-Year-Old Children

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 11.17.2011

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I doubt that any parent, upon reflection, hopes that his or her actions will make it more difficult for kids to learn and get along with others at school or home.

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Liberals, Conservatives, Spanking and the NY Times

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Nicholas Kristof had an interesting column about liberals, conservatives, and brain wiring. Unfortunately, he misunderstands the idea of "hard wiring," taking this to mean that liberals and conservatives are "born that way."

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Who's The Crazy One: Dealing With Psychiatrists

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

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My first real spiritual teacher, Ram Dass, used to explain that while one's true, essential self was eternally pure and whole, our temporal personalities might still need the occasional tune-up.

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Parenting: Why Never Spanking Kids Might Be Worse For Them

newsweek.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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A study by Dr. Marjorie Gunnoe found that those who'd been spanked just when they were young - ages 2 to 6 - were doing a little better as teenagers t...

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Spanking Kids: IQ Lower For Children Who Were Spanked: Study (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

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A new study suggests that spanking children can significantly lower their IQs. The study, involving hundreds of U.S. children, showed the more a c...

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.25.2011

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No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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