Well, that's a loaded parade of horribles. So is spanking bad or are parents bad spankers?

Since the physical act is not detrimental, then those against this practice claim that there is psychological damage. But when you examine psychology, you quickly discover that it is not a science based on observable conclusions. It is based on consensus of normalcy. This is why psychologists once claimed homosexuals were deviant, perverted, psychotics... and they are now normal. How is it that a severe problem in 1955 is normal behavior in 2015?

Simple. Psychology is a pseudoscience based on false premises. It's basis is in doctrine published periodically by the community of psychologists. It's a cyclical error-meets error. The criteria for mental illness change with every publication, every new-found deviancy.

You are advocating for the folks who medicate 1/4 of the American population with unnecessary psychotic medicines. You're trading a swat for a dose of Ritalin, or at least that's the outcome.

Moving to your spanking farce: You have made a good attempt at logic, and I'm not saying you need to go spank behinds. But the alternative promoted since Dr. Spock and the 1960s is to medicate and visit the charlatans who know so much better than moms how to fix unruly kids.

Did those "studies" adjust for pharmaceutical usage and fake diagnoses of hyperactivity disorders?

Sorry I didn't sing your tune.