One day, blogs such as this that encourage parents to assault their kids – call it what you want, it is assault on a child – will be subject to penalties similar to the Dutch preacher who was arrested and charged with inciting illegal behaviour for preaching the spare the rod fallacy. Hitting a child to correct them is nonsense. It's risky business because you don't know what effect it will have. It may work, but there is also the chance of causing serious harm, physically and psychologically.

Spanking should be reserved for adults: I'm all for that. Adults really should know better. Kids shouldn't know better because they haven't yet been taught. But you who hate your children do not want to teach them. You want to live your life undisturbed by the children you brought into the world. You want to sit your lazy, fat, corn-fed stomachs and sagging azzes on your dirty couches and watch TV undisturbed. You do not want to think or feel, and you don't want to deal with a child. You hate your children for being children, so you beat them into a pitiful submissiveness .

You want your children to know right from wrong when you have not taught them right from wrong. Instead, you lash out at them in unjustified anger and selfish frustration because you can't get what you want. You beat them at home and at school, then you are surprised because they sneak in your room at night with a knife or a gun. Don't be surprised. I'm not surprised.

It only takes one strike on a child to forever change their brain chemistry, to change the way they think. They come into the world dependent on you to love them, care for them, and teach them. You have no god-given right to hit them. You have no right to cause that confusion in them. You raise their anger by hitting them, then punish them for being angry. Don't be surprised when that anger is directed at you or at school teachers or police. You have all given yourselves the right to abuse children in the name of authority, don't be surprised when your children grow up to hate authority.

strike
–verb (used with object)
1.
to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
2.
to inflict, deliver, or deal (a blow, stroke, attack, etc.).

We never said that. It's simply our choice. We tried other methods that simply were not effective with a sufficiently strong-willed child. If you want to argue against what we said, argue against what we said. Don't put words in our mouths.

"Conservatives in general are the ones trying to STOP others from making free choices."

We can't think of a statement that runs more counter to reality than this one. Leftists want to control what we can buy, where we can send our kids to school, whether and how we can defend ourselves, what kinds of businesses we can run and where. The list goes on and on. Maybe you should provide some examples instead of making blanket statements that don't seem backed up by facts.

"you're saying that non spanking/hitting parents are 'hippie dippy freaks'."

No, we're saying parents who don't maintain discipline and let their children run their lives are PC-obsessed and lax. Again, please respond to what we actually wrote and not the pigeonhole you'd like to stick us in.

As for the co-sleeping part, I've co-slept with all of my children for the listed reasons: protecting against SIDS, easier breastfeeding, more sleep and more than anything, I simply find it enjoyable to watch my babies sleep–they're only little for a short time. Somehow, enjoyment of being a parent and simply having fun with our children gets taken out when the focus is always: "my time", or "discipline", or whatever the debate is at the moment. Whatever happened to simply loving our kids and treasuring the joys of family?! This means self-sacrifice AT TIMES. This means discipline AT TIMES. This means snuggling or getting on their level and listening AT TIMES. It means teaching ALL the time. It's just a part of life.