That article is quite wacked.. I mean yes the facts may be there.. but my brain informs me that something has been twisted.
Anyways When/if I have a child I will probably raise it like I do my dogs. Dogs can easily have an equivilant IQ to a young human child. They aren't stupid.. but they aren't exactly smart. And postive reinforcement(no hitting) works best in most instances.. however some pooches just won't learn like that. They on average are put down for being "snippy". Mine was snippy.. she ain't no more.. not even when I ain't around. Why? If she snipped.. she would get hit(not hard just enough to get the point accross). If she didn't snip at an instance where she used to, I would praise her and give her a treat. When she displeased it wasn't just a spanking.. but spanking followed by me no longer being nice(no treats, no petting.. I lock her out.. I don't let others pet or play with her etc.).
Now this snippy dog who had drawn blood from people before, is one of the best behaved dogs that we have at our club. She cuddles with people.. if someone picks her up by her ears she wimpers but no snappy.. And she does the same thing whether I am there or not.(the pulling part comes from the fact that she visits nursing homes and the such).
Dog and children aren't the same... but the early learning process of both(from what I have read of children and my actually experience plus reading of dogs) are quite similar. I have seen people with similar strategy as mine have very nasty dogs. And I won't even attempt my above strategy on some dogs.. It doesn't work for them.
Basically all I am saying is that it depends on the personality.
