Don't spank your kids, reason with them. B.S.! It's called aversion therapy and it works. I have a six year old who was raised getting punished for being bad. And I'm proud to say that I haven't had to raise my hand in three years now. What we have created socially is a series of generations without consequences. Sue McDonald's for your own clumsiness and aparent lack of common sense. "I didn't know the coffee was hot". No, I'm sure at 50 years old it was your first cup and had come at a complete surprise to you that second degree burns were possible. That has opened the floodgates for get-rich-quick lawsuits regardless of frivolity. ENOUGH ALREADY!!! To be continued.