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    • 09 Sep 06
    • 1:38 pm

    Coming from a white middle class suburban family, I know nothing about urban crime and what its cause may be. I do, however, know that the first and only time that I have received "corporal punishment" in the form of a spanking I felt scared and confused, certainly not guilty about my previous actions. In later situations where discipline was required, my mother explained to me what I had done, and why it was inappropriate. Once I understood the cause and effect relationship behind spanking and what it attempts to correct, the spanking itself became unimportant. Certainly not all children have …

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