Since this article by Steve Hendrix appeared in the Washington Post Magazine on Jan. 3, 824 comments have been added. The
organization referred to below is the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children. The first two paragraphs:
“We don’t like to call it spanking,” said Holden, a professor of psychology at Southern Methodist University and head of a newly formed organization aimed at eliminating corporal punishment in the United States. “Spanking is a euphemism that makes it sound like hitting is a normal part of parenting. If we re-label it hitting, which is what it is, people step back and ask themselves, ‘Should I be hitting my child?’ ”
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