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Torpy: Spanking still a big hit

Nov 17, 2014

Fewer Americans spank their kids these days, but a whopping majority say it’s OK.

Sister Rosalina would certainly have agreed. I can still see her standing in front of me and letting loose with a roundhouse open-handed right to the face after I declared a teacher’s accusation against me was a lie.

But I thought those days were long gone. Guess I’d better think again.

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About the Author

Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.

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