To spank or not to spank…

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Melissa Farrell, 21, sits with her daughter, Laila, age 21 months, and talks to the media in Coeur d’Alene City Park Wednesday afternoon in the wake of a citation for injury to a child after bystanders told police she treated Laila roughly during the Coeur d’Alene Fourth of July parade. At right is her husband Robert.

This story… has been causing a lot of discussion on some of the S-R blogs this week.

In a nutshell: A young mother spanked her 21-month-old during a 4th of July parade in CDA. She was keeping her out of the street. Some witnesses say it was a downright beating. The family say the witnesses are wrong and didn’t have an accurate view. Regardless, police were called over and it’s now big news.

QUESTION: How do you feel about spanking? Do you think whether or not you were spanked as a child has effected you as a young adult?