Mate, at the end of the day, it's you that has to raise your kids. Not him.

My sister and brother-in-law have made a choice to not spank their children as much as possible. But they still mete out carefully judged slaps on hands when the girls transgress certain limits. Not often.

I can't help but wonder how many of the people against spanking are Bible bashers. If there's an overlap, quoting Proverbs 23:13 could well cause their heads to explode.