Oh boy Time did it again. They opened up a can of worms with their article against spanking kids. They claim that kids that are spanked more frequently at age 3 exhibit more agressive tendencies at age 5. This study was done at Tulane university with a pool of 2,500 kids. Now, as I have not received the full amount of data (personality of the child, gender, other genetic factors) I cannot go along blindly with the results. The funny thing is, that after this study was published online, over 6,000 people commented. The overwhelming response was against the findings in favor of spanking kids as a last resort and very infrequently. Even those kids (now adults) who were spanked said that it was by all means acceptible. Now my stance on this is the same as most of the responders-spanking is fine as long as it is done as the last resort and not done often. Hubby disagrees with spanking and is in favor of time out, but I will concede this decision until Brennon gets older, and if it works, then so be it. But if that extra measure of discipline is needed for him, then we can go back to the negotiating table. I guess I have become jaded as I have dealt with more than 200 kids over my lifetime and seen what wimpy parenting does. It turns kids bad, superbad . I'd prefer to err on the side of firm discipline when nothing else will get my child in line. Not that I'm saying our discipline won't work, I just want that little ace up the sleeve. Anyway, the findings were interesting-but not all that groundbreaking. We will see what discipline little B. receives when he gets older-however I assure him this-we will be firm but always loving.