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21.Can you spank kids and be foster parent？Mass. high court says on本文选自2016年1月8日《基督教科学箴言报》中“Can you spank kids and be foster parent? Mass. high court says on ”。本文是一篇典型的法律裁决类阅读，此类文章通常文中各方观点交织，论点论据颇为复杂。专家、学者、群众、政府机构和司法立法机关各方各执一词，再加上作者个人的感情倾向，不便于读者理清脉络。如果考研遇到这样的文章，看文章的时候要保持清醒，理清各方观点，做题的时候不要代入读者个人的感情看待问题，关键就在于抓住问题的核心，跟着文章思路发散思维。原文I ①When Melanie and Greg Magazu decided to open their family to foster children, they say the social worker who inspected their home was impressed. ② The couple had two young daughters, and Melanie used to be in foster care herself.II ①But the couple say the situation changed when they acknowledged that they spank their kids as a form of discipline, in line with their interpretation of the Bible. ②They said they would refrain from using corporal punishment on foster children in their care, but refused to stop spanking their own children. ③The Department of Children and Families (DCF) rejected their application in 2013, citing “clinical policy” to keep foster children out of homes where corporal punishment was used. ④Claiming religious discrimination, the Magazus sued.⑤ The state’s highest court unanimously ruled in favor of the agency Monday, prioritizing the state’s interest in protecting children in foster care.⑥ Complicating matters is the question of spanking, which remains a fraught one in America.III ①Child development experts and medical boards including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association almost uniformly oppose the practice and cite research dating to the 1990s showing it can lead to aggressive and harmful behaviors in children. ② The Magazus, like many religious parents, say the Bible explicitly condones the use of corporal punishment.③ They say they spanked their daughters with an open hand in the privacy of their bedrooms so as not to humiliate them. ④DCF cited concerns that living in a home where corporal punishment was employed in itself could potentially harm foster children, who have bee