I have read several of the comments regarding spanking or non spanking of a child. First, properly spanking a child is not a "beating." Second, I strongly feel that a child who has knowingly done a wrongful act needs to be spanked. I think this because to me a child who has never felt a little pain will more likely inflict pain on another child because they do not understand what pain feels like. I would like to know if in these situations of school shootings, did the children guilty of these awful acts ever get spanked as a form of correction or were they just given "time out" which can make a person very angry and resentful. I did spank both my daughter and my son in their early years of development. I "grounded" them in their pre-teen and teenage years. I noticed more anger and resentment because they missed social events, school events etc. When I spanked my children, it was quick, over and done with and they knew not to commit the same act that I felt warranted the spanking, not beating. Both of my children are now grown and are parents themselves. Both administer the time-out rule and all of their children are rebellious and spoiled to the point that anywhere the family goes, the children pitch fits, as I call them. I feel sorry for these grandchildren. They will grow up to be irresponseable adults too. I see it already in the give-it-me-instantly-generation now. God help America.