by Holly » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:47 am
Comparing a slap on the bottom ( and I'm not talking about older children ) with violence and beating the crap out of them, is just ridiculous and totally insane . It's a fact that children have no more respect from authority, why should they when there is no consequence for bad behaviour? I'm talking about healthy respect, not fear. Like I said before, many children will never need a slap, others do. Some kids are more defiant than others, where a slap will have to be the last resort. No loving parent will slap their kids willy nilly. Many kids today show their parents the finger and tell them they will do what they want to do...and there's noting (you) the parent can do about it. Just because you ( McAz and Stooo ) were lucky enough to have little angels, doesn't mean all kids on the planet are the same.
For the record, my parents dished out corporal punishment maybe 3 or 4 times in all my childhood. The one I remember the most, is when I got caught shop lifting a packet of lollies....of course I knew it was wrong, my folks told me often enough. My Dad actually gave me a hiding that day, and you know what? I never ever stole anything ever again. Would he have taken away my TV, my music or what ever I liked at the time, I wouldn't have taken too much notice, it wouldn't have scared me of ...yup, I was a brat who needed stronger handling....and guess what, I loved my Dad till the end, I never saw in him a child abuser, I saw in him a parent who wanted to direct his child in the right direction.