[bananarama]

the gettin rid of smacking children, could cause kids to be even more destructive I'm afraid,

also lookin worse is global warming, (claimed to be a bigger threat than terror), what do you think of that? (sorry to get off the topic a bit)

Lack of dicipline is the main cause of todays problems. Parenting should be a compulsory subject in schools. There is too much emphasis on academic education and not enough on living with others.....As for smacking..A dificult one this as I can see both sides of the argument for and against.

In the animal world (Of which we are just another part of) the young are sometimes handled roughly to save there lives.

If a child was about to ignor a parent and run out in fronyt of a car. Then a smack as punishment might just save that childs life. In extreme cases of course smacking kills or maims children.

As for global warming. that is a threat but probably not to any one yet living but sooner or later some generation will have to live with the wrath of it all.

Let's be more optimistic and hope that Shell takes up glamour modeling.. Just to bring us back partly on topic..