My solution was getting rid of spanking and adopt a method that Europe is already doing. Which is?.. I don’t want someone else laying hands on my child, because who knows how it’ll be handled or if handled appropriately. At least it I were to, it’d not go too far because I still love them. If I discipline at home, it’s because asking calmly or raising my voice to show seriousness wasn’t effective. If I then send them to their room and they’re argumentative it might get more serious. I don’t just go “spanking” for no reason, and it’s definitely not a beating, either. I can’t recall the last time either kid received a spank. Meanwhile, there were times when my sister and I got out of hand and misbehaved at the store and I’d be spanked right there in public. Or I’d be hit with the belt, or even a wooden spoon at home. I still joke with my parents I have the Betty Crocker logo imprinted on my left cheek! I think within reason is OK to do because kids learn, “I don’t want to receive this punishment” and so if they get a spanking and are faced with it in the future for acting out or messing up, it’s a known “label” of punishment they want to avoid. I NEVER was punished for poor academics by being spanked. Usually just grounded from electronics or riding bikes with friends. My parents would day, “let the punishment fit the crime”