Spare the Rod, Spoil Your Rod-Thrashing Arm

You could argue, as some professor at a Michigan college you've likely never heard of does, that a spanked child is a better-adjusted child. You could think of spanking, as this professor does, "as a dangerous tool, but there are times when there is a job big enough for a ­dangerous tool. You just don’t use it for all your jobs."

You could counter, as some other expert does, that "no good can come from hitting a child.... The law says adults hitting adults is wrong and children should be ­protected in the same way."

But what you shouldn't do, as Express.co.uk does, use this as the photo/caption combo to illustrate a story about spanking:

Is this image of a woman spinning (possibly flinging) her (or someone else's) child as another child (parent uncertain) watches supposed to illustrate "divided in opinion," "smacking," or "good for your child"?

(Or, perhaps, "or not"?)
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