Yes I smack my children . (How to Discipline Children)

Name: sheshe

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Product:	How to Discipline Children
Date:	24/02/02 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: sometimes its the best and quickest way teach a child about danger.

Disadvantages: It hurts Mum more than the children

As the mother of four children my opinion on Discipline is that you have to judge each child on their personalities and use discipline accordingly.

Two of my children are extremely strong willed and therefore need strong guidelines on how to behave. From a very early age telling them No, dont do this or that, had very little effect. Removing them from the situation sometimes worked but not always.
I felt smacking was a last resort that was saved for situations where they were endangering them selves or others.
The best example I can give was an incident with a fire. My first child was obsessed with fires, he loved to touch them, they were like magnets to him. In the winter we used fire guards to keep him safe which was great at home but not everyone we visited had them.Therefore when the fire was unguarded in the summer and he was touching it, after repeatedly being told No and being moved away from it I smacked his hand. My thoery being that a sharp tap on the back of he hand that would make him realise I was serious and what he was doing was dangerous, was far better tham ending up with a child who had severe burns and all the consequences that could bring.

I guess what I am trying to say is that sometimes smacking in a CONTROLLED way does have its uses.

As for my other two children they are much easier and accept that No means No amd dont push things further.
So I have two children who have been smacked more than the other two. Does this mean that I love two more than the others? No way I love them all dearly. I just accept that they are all individuals, with different personalities who need different ways of being taught the boundaries that I, and life in general will expect them to follow.
As far as I am concerned there IS a place for c/p in this world so long as it is delivered in a fair and controlled way.

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