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Originally Posted by arista
She was just on Daybreak ITV1HD
The happy 14 year old
seems fine with the line she must not cross
After 3 warnings
they get a Smack,
thats fair.
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..well, that's debatable..and just because she 'seems' fine with it doesn't necessarily mean the situation was handled right by her mother...of course, it also doesn't mean it was wrong either...for me personally, I feel that, it may not do any permanent 'damage' but then the next generation may do the same and the next etc...and there are other ways which aren't always tried first because people react to a situation, 'in the heat of the moment' kind of thing...
..anyway, I'm going to opt out of this thread now because I don't want to offend anyone that I'm saying they have bad parents or anything..I don't think that at all...I'm really just commenting on this particular situation and what happened...but yeah, in general, I don't support the 'smacking option'...but I know it's usually not meant with any sort of intent and is used occasionally by very loving parents.....for me, it's more to do with what I do as a job and feeling there are other ways to communicate how unacceptable someone's behaviour is, but I know that's 'easier said than done' when situations arise like this....