To smack or not to smack (How to Discipline Children)

Member Name: stanlee73

Product:	How to Discipline Children
Date:	09/09/00 (100 review reads)
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Advantages: works for some children

Disadvantages: doesn't for others

Smacking has been a parents best way of disciplining their children for years. Political correctness, and a whole string of non parents are telling us we can't do it anymore...so I'll give you my opinion. I'm sure its not the same as yours, but its from actual personal experience.

I have two children, a five year old boy and a four year old girl. I regularly smack my boy, and never smack my girl. There is a reason for this....ok so I couldn't smack my little girl cuz she's the apple of my eye and it would break my heart, but there is a more valid reason.

Smacking works with some children and not with others. Its as simple as that. All I have to do is shout at my girl and she is reduced to tears and generally doesn't re-offend (if you'll pardon the expression). My boy on the other hand, stands there, shouts back at me, slams doors....all the usual unruly stuff....so he gets a smack....and he stops.

But here's the thing. I smack my children. My ex wife, when she see's the children, can smack them too. That is it. Nobody else smacks my children, or should they ever. It is not only a parents right to discipline children, but it is their responsibility. I have yet to see a child with a 666 on their forehead, leading to the obvious conclusion that there are no bad children (we all start innocent) only bad parents.

Summing up, I'd never tell any parent how to issue punishment to their children, just as I'd never expect them to tell me. Do what works for you.....but more importantly, what works for your children. If you aren't smacking them for their own good, should you really be smacking them at all?

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