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Town vote takes aim at spanking

Brookline policy frowns on practice

By David Abel
Globe Staff / May 27, 2005

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Spanking will no longer be tolerated in Brookline. That was the message sent last night by town residents, who, after two previous failed votes, passed a nonbinding resolution that makes it local policy to discourage parents and child-care workers from using corporal punishment. (Full article: 538 words)

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