i am a firm believer that anyone who "does not" have kids shouldn't say what they would and would not or pass judgement on parents.
was i smacked as a child?
to right and bloody well deserved it - i used to taunt my mother until the wooden spoon would come out. only then would i know i'd gone to far. after a while it only took the threat of the wooden spoon to stop me in my tracks.
do i smack my own child?
on rare occasion, yes on the bottom. when she too has gotten to a stage where no amount of reasoning would get thru to her that something, some behavoiur, is unacceptable.
should it be outlawed?
see above. also, for those who think kids can be reasoned with - there is a huge amount of research that has indicated that you cannot reason with a child under the age of 4 - they do not have the adult ability to understand. there is a world of difference between a quick sharp smack to the bottom (which, believe me, hurts your hand more than the child) and a beating.
was i smacked as a child?
to right and bloody well deserved it - i used to taunt my mother until the wooden spoon would come out. only then would i know i'd gone to far. after a while it only took the threat of the wooden spoon to stop me in my tracks.
do i smack my own child?
on rare occasion, yes on the bottom. when she too has gotten to a stage where no amount of reasoning would get thru to her that something, some behavoiur, is unacceptable.
should it be outlawed?
see above. also, for those who think kids can be reasoned with - there is a huge amount of research that has indicated that you cannot reason with a child under the age of 4 - they do not have the adult ability to understand. there is a world of difference between a quick sharp smack to the bottom (which, believe me, hurts your hand more than the child) and a beating.