Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: An excellent guide in child-rearing

This book has helped me understand my past experiences with spankings as a child. I no longer feel so resentful of my father for having spanked me. For most of my life, I didn't believe in spanking. (I'm 33 now.) I thought it was too severe, but now I can see it's true value as a part of a child's training in life. I have worked as a typist for a major police department for about three years, and I am overwhelmed by the increase in juvenile crimes with time. Now I can see why! It's most likely because many modern parents don't spank their children when they're disobedient! They tend to be too lenient overall with kids. I hope parents and those thinking of becoming parents read this book so that they can ensure that their kids will grow up to be loving, responsible and successful adults.