If you see in my post I cover the psychological injuries. I just think we live in a ridiculous time where the science shows how much damage spanking does and we still allow it. I think we definitely need to cover psychological damage as well. I think when a child starts to do poorly in school the first thing that needs to happen is they see a school psyologist's that assess whether the child is suffering from some kind of PTSD related symptoms. Instead the first thing that is done is a report card is given to a parent. The evidence is clear that 90% of Americans will use unhealthy ways to try to get the child to do better in school. Parents are more likely to make the problem worse. Yet, we have a law that states a parent has the right to raise a house hold as they see fit. This doesn't make sense to me.