KG, I certainly sympathize with much of your argument on this, and 99% of the time punishment should not involve spanking. But when worse comes to worse, a child can simply refuse to comply with any punishments you lay on them.
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Go to your room.
No.
Take a time-out.
No. I'm going to do whatever I want.
You no longer have an allowance.
I'll just take it out of your wallet.
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This is why, in the end, all rules are enforced with violence. You just hope it never comes to that point and you should exhaust all other techniques first.
And for the record, I think reasoning with a child works wonderfully. Children inherently do not want to misbehave, but they want to communicate how they feel, but don't have the skills to do so. Help them. Teach them. That's what you're there for.