honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
It is not that I particularly approve of smacking. It is not part of my culture and I was fortunate to have children that didnt need it.
But I havent noticed that children are happier and better behaved since it was unofficially outlawed.
The exact opposite, in fact.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6997139...acking-children.html
you bring up an important point Honey...my parents never used physical punishment on any of us and I once looked into both sides of the family and found neither of my parents were physically punished or their parent's families were.
## this aside from the fact I was so adorable and well behaved I never needed any sort of discipline.
Which makes me think that physical punishment is a a "learned" activity and one of those sadder things that are taught through the generations..that violence can be used to solve a problem.
### I was caned however repeatedly by a demented English master for being a "class clown" and he seemed to take a bizarre delight as he backed away with a flushed red face and then launched himself on hapless pupils with a cane so fierce our fingers stung for hours. It definitely turned him on as he caned at least 3 kids a day.
# wonder if there's a compo claim there?
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