You know, whenever an article like this comes up, I always see people flocking to the comments with "I haven't spanked my child and they turned out great." I love it. My story is no different. From the start I've spoken to my daughter and explained things to her (albeit as simply as I possibly could for a toddler who's now going on five years old) as to why she needs to listen and why I have the rules in place for behavior I'm trying to teach her. Now? She calms herself down whenever she starts to pitch a fit, she grabs for my hand whenever we're in a parking lot so that we can walk together, and she even has a rudimentary understanding of property ownership, as well as understanding that actions can have negative consequences.

All without spanking. Keep spreading the message, boss.