Research shows that spanking can be a beneficial tool for kids ages 2 through 6 (and
some adults ages 18 to 88).
"The key is that it's used to back up milder disciplinary tactics when kids respond defiantly
to them," says Robert Larzelere, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of
Nebraska medical center. Just be sure that you have cooled down first. Spanking is about
helping your kid behave, not venting your anger.
Men's Health Magazine September 2004
The experience of my childhood would say that the spanking will not be understood at
the level of the 2 to 6 year old - emotional, not logical - unless it expresses the
emotional state of anger of the parent.

Essentia non sunt multiplicanda prater necessitatem (Essentials should not be increased
unless necessary, or, the simpler the better)
William of Occam - born in Surrey, England 1349

Everything is more complicated than it at first appears to most people.
F. L. Allen

Catholic priest with heavy Irish brogue and raised right arm holding a cross : "Do you know
what this is that I am holding over your heads, lads?" Several American Indians murmur
quietly: "Why, it's the symbol of the partitioning of the universe into active and passive
principles..." Priest mumbles to himself: "God bless their heathen souls..."
(from "Waiting for the electrician or someone like him" Firesign Theatre - early 70's)

"A chimpanzee holds a banana by the stem end, a human holds it by the other end. I will
grant you that..."
(partially decoded transmission - Arecibo Radio Telescope - 04:59:02 GMT July 20, 1998)