Some kids absolutely need to be spanked. I was one of them - timeouts did nothing. Taking things away did nothing. Getting the threat of being spanked? Definitely stopped me in my tracks. Actually getting spanked? That's the last time I was going to try whatever stunt caused it.
My kids don't need to be spanked and never have been, other methods have always worked to curb bad behavior. Anyone saying "spanking is never acceptable" has apparently never had a shithead boy who is unphased by other forms of punishment.
For adults wondering if it's OK to spank: if you're spanking your kid out of anger or it's the first thing you turn to, you're doing something very wrong. It should be the big red button of last resort.
While I shouldn't feed the trolls, I'll respond.
I do see other ways to handle children, I literally stated that, but you skipped that part because apparently you're too lazy or too stupid to read an entire post and retain all the information contained within it. Which tracks the rest of your message. Now before you're blinded by rage: it's pretty obvious you aren't a parent. it's pretty obvious your exposure to kids is extremely limited. Your "countless studies" apparently amounted to: 0? Because you're refuting an ACTUAL study with a post on lemmy that doesn't include a SINGLE citation.
I'm not surprised you didn't read the article, because you appear to be one of those fools that has the entire world solved, if only more people would listen to you. And it's shocking they don't, you've got such a persuasive means of communication.