“There are few codes held more deeply among the poor, the religious, and the uneducated than that it is good and healthy and wholesome parenting to hit your kids. That their kids grow up with anger-management issues, who like hitting almost as much as they like getting hit, is not taken as evidence that maybe they're wrong here. Its right there in the Bible: "Spare the rod, and spoil the child." The Bible also says, "Violence begets violence." But the Bible says a lot of dumb shit.” BibleDomestic ViolenceSpankingCorporal PunishmentSpare The Rod Spoil The Child Book:Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing Source: Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing