“My parents used to hit me all the time and I turned out okay,” you may say. Maybe you’ve thought, “How am I going to teach him a lesson if I can’t hit him?” or “When I get angry, I can’t control myself and I just spank him. Then, although I have discharged my anger, I feel very guilty.” The truth is, clinical experience indicates that many parents hit their kids every once in a while. However, there are a number of concerning problems with adopting spanking as a planned method of discipline, which may leave you wondering: to spank or not to spank?