I do understand why some people would be angry at this article, the reality is that we are parents tend to get frustrated at the inability to get our point across, we tend to forget we are talking to a human being who does not understand or have the ability to grasp our point of view. We parents are responsible for guidance an teaching of our children, but how can we take any responsibility, when 80% of us are working trying to make a living, an our children are left to be guide by some one else, either with day care or a nanny (who 75% of the time does not speak English as a first language) do not misunderstand I have nothing against nannies, but the fact is no parent is ready to give up their careers, so they can be with their kids. I believe that plays a big roll on how our kids behave, since they are learning from some one else who may not have the same values as us, so we are left with a kid that doesn’t understand us and maybe doesn’t know us as the guidance parent. I believe that plays a big roll when it comes to punishment, either because parents are just so tired to deal with their kids after a long day at work, we do not spend time with our kids and when we do is just to punish and use our favor word " NO, NO, NO," so forget about being angry and try to be patient and understand the time you spend with you children is the most important time in their lives. I have 2 kids and I have punish them more then once, but I do really regret spanking them. I believe when one punish children we teach them how to deal with problems in life, we teach them violence is the answer. I do believe this article makes complete sense.