"Never Violence", a story by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking)

An Open Letter to President Obama From Children's Rights Advocates

An Open Letter From Dr. Alice Miller

"Research on Spanking By Parents: Implications for Public Policy", by Murray Straus and Emily Douglas.

"Discipline and Punishment", by Eli Newberger, M.D.

"Spanking Leads to Aggression Later in Kids", by Erin Dower, Family Education Network

Hitting is wrong - and children are people too: EPOCH (End Physical Punishment of Children)

Spanking: a shortcut to nowhere ..., by Penelope Leach

I Was Spanked And I'm Fine!, by Jan Hunt, M.Sc., editor and author at The Natural Child Project

Guiding Self-Discipline: Spanking ????

Don't Take It Out On Your Kids: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide to Positive Discipline, by Katharine C. Kersey

Physical Punishment and The Development of Aggressive and Violent Behavior: A Review, by Elizabeth Kandel (June, 1992), Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

Social Change and Trends in Approval of Corporal Punishment by Parents from 1968 to 1994, by Murray A. Straus and Anita K. Mathur, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Swedish Parents Don't Spank, by Adrienne Ahlgren Haeuser, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

The UnSparing Rod, by Barbara F. Meltz of the Boston Globe

...Wear the Red or Blue Socks?: Prevent Child Abuse America

Teaching Children Discipline: Prevent Child Abuse America

Corporal Punishment, by Susan Smith, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Review of Zvi Strassberg's "Spanking in the Home and... Aggression..."

Re: Hitting is Hitting: a post to alt.parenting.spanking

Hitting People Is Wrong ... comments by Chris Dugan on a pamphlet by Rädda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children).

Review of Dr. Murray Straus' Beating the Devil Out of Them: ...

Spanking increases the rate of street entries by children

The Art of Discipline, by Beth DeFrancis, The Family Planet

Teach Gentleness by Being Gentle, W. Virginia University Extension Service

What Breeds a Bully?, W. Virginia University Extension Service

How Can We Prevent Violent Behavior?, by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell *

Twenty Alternatives to Punishment, by Aletha Solter, Ph.D., developmental psychologist, mother of two children, international speaker, workshop leader, consultant and author of The Aware Baby, Helping Young Children Flourish, and Tears and Tantrums (1998)

Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids, by Jan Hunt, M.Sc., editor and author at The Natural Child Project

Facts about Corporal Punishment, from NCACPS (National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools)

Spanking: Facts and Fiction, from The Center for Effective Discipline

Why Do We Spank Our Babies, by Nancy Saltz, "A Mother and Daughter Page" ... The Phenomenal Women of the Web Against Domestic Violence

Plain Talk about Spanking, by Jordan Riak, Executive Director, Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE)