I find the whole "tool of correction" the hardest to take, and it says she uses it on them. I'm not a legal expert by any means but at what point is using a implement to hit a child blurring across the lines of child abuse. It is easy to say each to their own style of parenting but we have to remember their are children being affected. What if the said implement started leaving marks, how hard is the implement used. The fact that she has blogged this is most disturbing and you could see the 18 month old distressed I just don't see how her technique should be OK.