spurswho?gunner4life wrote:i personally as a 16 yr old who was smacked as a child believe that there is no such thing as a little smack. i grew up living in fear that if i did anything slightly wrong my dad would hit me. yes it starts with a little smack, but how do you know that little smack that child got in the supermarket wont turn into a beating at home. its all very well to discipline your child but smackin is not the answer. to this day i still remember being hit for not doing silly things and it worrys me that people say you tend to marry a man who reminds you fo your father. do i really want to marry a man whos going to smack a child. i dont think so.
the lack of respect to parents is why kids of 13-15 are running riot, i think a smack does no harm at all.
All this bollox about the naughty step is so PC its ridiculace, how are children to learn right from wrong, no canning at school, no smacking at home.
Why is it that kids are getting stabbed and shot on the streets, coz they fear nobody, including the police and there parents.