Butt overall the percentage of parents who spank has been steadily declining.
I'd be crying and she'd spank me if I didn't stop, but that made it even harder to stop.
By 2005, the proportion who said it is "sometimes O.K. to spank a child" had fallen to 72%, although most researchers believe the actual incidence of corporal punishment is higher.
I can't help spank him sometimes.
Parents and teachers are even afraid to spank children for fear of being sued.
In several minutes, the boy repeated his request. This time the father said no and if the boy asked for water again, the father would spank him.
She wants to spank us.
To spank a crying baby just adds fuel to the fire.
In the 1990s, Holden conducted research that showed 70% of college-educated women spank their children; other studies have found that up to 90% of all parents use corporal punishment.
Fathers spanked as children were less likely to spank their own children.
He wanted to spank her.
The other two are "good fathers", in that they have steady jobs, pay maintenance, make their children laugh and do not spank them.
As well as being more likely to spank their children, "sad dads" were also less likely to read to them.
Latter-day dog is lazier, cannot keep watch at night, full during the day is holding a head high to run quickly madly spank, above oneself, defiant.
Holden's recordings provide rich context for what causes a parent to spank.
Put them on — or I'll — or I'll spank you.