A study published in the Canadian Medical Journal, reported today (February 8, 2012) in the Boston Globe http://b.globe.com/zy0cDb includes these cautionary comments: “Spanking is a traumatic experience that can cause small losses in the brain’s gray matter,” explained Murray Straus, “causing behavioral changes.”  “Of course, some kids aren’t harmed at all by spanking, just like some heavy...

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