Summary: Don T Spank Your Kids
When I read the article, “Don’t Spank Your Kids, says 50 Years of Research” (Dicker), it took me back to the first time my mother had spanked me. It was the summer time and I had gone to visit my dad in New York, while my mother got us settled in at our new house in Delaware. I had found the aesthetic of the punk rock lifestyle displayed on television very interesting and wanted to replicate the way they looked and dressed. As I was only six years old and had no stable job to get the clothing possible, I went to the most accessible change that could match the look I had wanted: my hair. With a pair of safety scissors, I chopped up the sides of my hair leaving the middle alone and was very proud of the outcome until my babysitter walked in on