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Topic History of: smacking Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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honey!oh sugar sugar.
I am very lucky that my children responded to an explanation of why something was wrong,so I didn't need to smack them,but I think a swift tap on the bottom or hand is far less damaging than endless grounding and confiscations which seem to encourage spitefulness.
Discipline has nothing to do with child abuse.
hedda
my parents never smacked or laid a hand on me (except my Dad at dinnertime who used to tap tap tap us kids on the hand until we held a knive and fork correctly- result you can now take me to a very exspensive Champagne lunch and I will behave impeccably)...neither did their parents and so on going backwards.
privileges were withdrawn however and it worked..I am a model citizen.
I was however thrashed mercilessly with a cane by an insane English teacher who I swear got pleasure from beating small boys. Didn't teach me anything.
If was naughty I got smacked, if I was naughty in class I got board rubber thrown at me. I des.erved it, I learned how to respect authority. I seen mums intervene when they smack their own child.
Kids need to be smacked not punched etc.
I think a proper and clam talking to is more effective than raising your hands, and more worthy of respect...
If was naughty I got smacked, if I was naughty in class I got board rubber thrown at me. I des.erved it, I learned how to respect authority. I seen mums intervene when they smack their own child.