[MTVN]

I don't think we should get too sanctimonious and judgemental, several of us have said their parents used the occasional light smack and it didn't have an adverse effect on them, myself included. I think I've got great parents, them giving me a smack every now and then when I was being an annoying bastard does not change that and certainly doesn't mean there was anything wrong with them or that they need help

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I don't think we should get too sanctimonious and judgemental, several of us have said their parents used the occasional light smack and it didn't have an adverse effect on them, myself included. I think I've got great parents, them giving me a smack every now and then when I was being an annoying bastard does not change that and certainly doesn't mean there was anything wrong with them or that they need help

Good post and good points there MTVN - and even nicer that you are speaking so highly of your parents.

RE the Girvan school - there appears to be several of them in the Ayrshire Area - Dalmellington, Ayr, Girvan..... and some of stories I'm reading - I'm actually quite sickened by.

But I guess that's derailing the thread a bit and I dont' want to veer off course.