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Subject: re: spanking <> hitting
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Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 11:26:05 EST
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> My daughter is now 4 and she understands "Katie, I'm really serious about
> this." ... But why does spanking need to be the negative reinforcment?

Katie is lucky to have a Dad that loves her so!  There are Other Negs,
but spanking is (or I think should be) the Last Recourse.  It is "needed"
when nothing else works (Kid:"So you're serious; who cares?"), it can be
fast (stimulus:response within 3 seconds)!

My observation is that daughters tend towards less or more cautious defiancs
than sons, especially after a single "spank" (i.e. One Swat). What are your
observations?

	Rick