Eva Mendes sparked a passionate conversation among parents after posting a quote about spanking children to Instagram. The quote that caused the uproar was this: "Spanking does for a child's development what hitting a spouse does for a marriage."After the April 20 post, many of Eva's followers sounded off in both support and criticism. "Yes!
I agree. Every time I was 'disciplined' growing up, I only felt fear and shame. IT never 'corrected' behavior. I would never hit my child to teach them a lesson and inflict psychological and physical pain.
but that's just me," one person wrote.Another echoed that spanking "is loss of control on the part of the parent. As parents were are trying to teach our kids how to communicate in a healthy way even.
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