The empirical evidence of efficacy of corporal punishment is also mixed, so between the two, I think I'd recommend the strategy that minimizes violence. > Phys

The empirical evidence of efficacy of corporal punishment is also mixed, so between the two, I think I'd recommend the strategy that minimizes violence. > Physical discipline was widespread in the west during the very timeframe that contemporary civilizations developed. I'd be real careful pushing that justification; it can be used to support all manner of unnecessary (and was-never-necessary) evil.