renaissance poisson

to look with your eyes at the museum (not with your hands)

*heh*. oh man. this is SO HARD for me! and hands-on exhibits which are usually designed for kids are what tends to draw me like a magnet in any museum.

but yes. i've by now seen many parents who manage entirely without spanking, and whose children are not spoiled in the least, but have instead grown up to be perfectly fine teens and adults. with less trauma, and less notion that might makes right, and that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems between individuals -- it's all good. and the arguments by spankers that they have no alternative lest they spoil the child or let zir get run over in traffic are unimaginative at best, specious rationalization at worst.