Who’s In Charge Here, Anyway?

I will never forget the day I changed my mind about the value of spanking. As a young Marine wife and mother living in Navy housing in Meridian, Mississippi, my days were filled with baby showers, volunteer work, play groups, long walks and the seemingly never ending job of raising my two bairns: a 3 1/2 year old toddler and a 6 month old infant. It was a golden summer evening and the air was thick with the scent of honeysuckle. Our quiet street was lined with small children and parents. T