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Bid to outlaw spanking ignores research, experience
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Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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July 1, 2008
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Thankfully, the media paid next to no attention to the fact that
April 30 was End Spanking Day, as proclaimed by a group calling
itself End Physical Punishment of Children, or EPOCH. My former
graduate school adviser and continuing mentor forwarded to me an e-
mail from one of EPOCH's members. As you will see, facts don't
matter to these folks. They don't like the idea of spanking
children; therefore, spanking is bad.
They could be dismissed as just another bunch of people with too
much time on their hands if it weren't for the fact that EPOCH has
had minor success in their attempts to persuade activist judges and
state legislators -- most recently, one in California -- to make ...
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