). corporal punishment must be delivered with enough substance to adequately get the child's attention, but not be of such per potions that the child focuses solely on the punishment (Hoffman 1994). This is a criticism of many psychologists, who believe the child will be in too high a state of arousal to gain any benefit from spanking, but Grusec & Goodnow (1994), who oppose corporal punishment acknowledge that research has shown power assertion can in fact be effective when combined with reasoning. Overdoing it with this or any power assertion technique may simply make kids angry and not reflective, which puts a demand on parents who choose these styles to exert caution and self-control, as well as calling them to realize a "good spanking" may be an excellent way of gaining control of a child and getting them to quickly conform but does little to foster internalization of the message the parents wish to convey (Arnold, O'Leary, Wolff, & Acker,
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