Instead of Hitting

34 alternatives to spanking your child

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I started out hitting my kids. I would lose my temper when their behavior got out of my control, and I would hit. I never felt good about it, but I didn’t know what else to do. I thought it was effective because afterward I had regained control of the situation, but it just didn’t feel right. When I saw the slogan, “People are not for hitting and children are people…