Abuse, Never. Spanking...?

"Ninety percent of parents may be putting their kids at risk for mental health problems" (1).  Perhaps you could move on after reading such a sentence.  I couldn't.  Whether I would agree with the author's conclusions or not, I was hooked.

The topic for discussion was spanking.  Parents who spank their children set them on a path of mental instability -- if you agree with the author, that is.  

So what do you think, parents?

• Spanking or no spanking?
• If spanking is used, how do you prevent crossing the line into abuse?
• Do you agree with the correlation between spanking and mental health issues?  If so, why?  If not, why not?

(1) www.twitter.com/HuffingtonPost.  7/2/12  11:50 A.M.  Read the article here.