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Originally Posted by Zooey

Honestly, I'm sitting here wondering if he wrote the new book as a way "under the radar" for countries where spanking is not legal and/or approved of.

I've been wondering how much the lack of the word "spanking" in the promotional materials on his own site is due to avoiding controversy rather than a genuine change in focus . Especially as the promotional materials put out by the conference sponsors tend to have titles and descriptions that *do* include the 's' word. But I don't like to think that way without proof. Hopefully he or his people will respond, and knowing if he still sees spanking as mandatory, and if he still teaches it has a (necessary) spiritual benefit, will cast quite a bit of light on whether the apparent de-emphasis reflects a real, meaningful change or whether it just reflects a change in presentation.