Spanking your kids...good or bad

The article I found concerning spanking your kids states that if a culture finds spanking appropriate, children aren't damaged by its occasional use. The article states that if spanking is the norm in a culture, than parents aren't as agitated by doing so and less likely to combine spanking with losing their temper. According to the research being done, children who are never spanked are not better off than children who are...once again when spankings are for punishment and considered culturally appropriate. What I found was that this article does not condone spanking as a form of punishment, but states that children who were spanked do not have the commonly assumed problems later in life, such as anti-social tendencies or depression. I am not sure it states that spanking is a good thing, just that it isn't causing as many problems as may be assumed. I personally have never spanked my children, but have used other punishments such as grounding and removal of privilidges. I hope that these forms of punishment will have instilled a sense of right and wrong in them and learning from mistakes, if not they are a little old to start spanking now.

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/some-kids-are-never-spanked-do-they-turn-out-better.html