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Laying hands on children is not allowed in Norway, and I feel every kind of violence is abuse.
Well breaking the law is another thing, so don't do it.
But you can't really say that "studies show" blah blah blah because every child will react differently. You shouldn't really discipline a child until they understand the difference between right and wrong.
Spanking is something last resort you do if the child doesn't listen, and it's only affective to a select few.
If other things such as timeouts, like Katherine said, work fine, then spanking isn't needed.
I love my parents to death and I've been spanked. Now I always think twice before doing something xD