http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/safeparenting/smacking.htm
I see no problem with smacking ones child. That is my position on the smacking dispute. I was smacked as a child when i was in the wrong and i believe it has not harmed me in any way. To smack a child and explain to them why you smacked them i believe is the right way to go about disciplining ones children, i use the classic example, "you play with fire, you get burnt." Being the eldest of six children i have often taken a parenting role within the household, i discipline my younger sisters with the same principle, that being if they are in the wrong, i will smack them and explain to them why i did so. I can't stand seeing children carrying on and causing a scene, often in supermarkets, with their parent struggling to talk to them... the child needs a good smack to show that they are in the wrong and that you, the parent are not accepting their behaviour. I don't agree with beating ones child, there is a line that shouldn't be crossed and if one does so, then the right authorities should be informed. However i do believe that there should be an aspect of fear from a parent, not one in which a child should be constantly scared but one in which the child knows when they have over stepped the line; this normally comes from the father figure, acting as the loving parent but also the 'hand of authority.' I do believe that the decision to smack ones child should be that of the parent and not that of government bodies as it is the parent that has to live with an unruly and difficult child due to the introduction of the smacking ban and not the government.
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/parenting/community/pracad/articles/0,,598834_608367,00.html
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I totally agree with Adonis and where hes took his point of view from. I was also disaplined through out my childhood and as a result have come to learn that every action causes a reaction. As my mum always says "only you are responsible for what you do and nobody else". Adonis's refrence to the notion of fear from a parent, is also correct; it puts forth an authority figure whos job is to correct their childs behaviour. "Learning starts within the home", correcting beahviour within the home will lead to good conduct outside in a social environment. "Learn to dance a yard before you dance abroad", a Jamaican saying which means the primaray place for learning and correction has to take place in the home in order to conduct themselves in a fashionable manner within society.
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