For those who are attacking me, I was merely trying to make a point.
Trust, I did read that ‘look inside’ on amazon actually, and to me there was nothing in that introduction that gave indication of abuse. Avram, I will defer my position, since if what you have written is a direct quote from the author then that is something I would not agree with – and I am pro smacking (for dangerous or out of control behaviour, and it should be VERY infrequent).
Trust, my point was that many people will put a review on something they have heard about merely to discredit it, when they have not read it themselves. Even though you highly doubt that what people wrote was made up, unless you know that for a fact you can’t just assume it. People will make up anything that sounds plausible. I am not trying to defend the book itself, just clarify what is people’s idea of ‘abuse’ since in today’s age of parenting many people will say that being strict and taking away privileges/toys or putting a child in a ‘naughty’ chair is abuse. Shlomo Hamelech said ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ but it seems most people have forgotten this.
No more attacks, please. I am done with this thread. Apparently I am not allowed to be strict any more.