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WHY PAY ATTENTION TO <strong>SPANKING</strong>?<br />

�MOST <strong>SPANKING</strong> IS DONE <strong>BY</strong> LOVING <strong>PARENTS</strong> TO CORRECT<br />

<strong>AND</strong> TRAIN CHILDREN<br />

�<strong>THE</strong> HARMFUL EFFECTS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CHILD ARE SMALL<br />

COMPARED TO <strong>THE</strong> EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE<br />

BUT<br />

�IT VIOLATES <strong>THE</strong> RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AS DEFINED IN <strong>THE</strong><br />

UNITED NATIONS CHARTER ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS<br />

�A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN ARE SPANKED<br />

�CHILDREN ARE TYPICALLY HIT FOR MANY YEARS – IN <strong>THE</strong> USA,<br />

ON AVERAGE UNTIL <strong>THE</strong>Y ARE ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD, I.E. FOR<br />

ABOUT 12 YEARS<br />

�<strong>THE</strong> EFFECT ON <strong>THE</strong> WELFARE OF CHILDREN IS VERY LARGE –<br />

GREATER THAN <strong>THE</strong> HARMFUL EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE<br />

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