[Bells]

I've been smacked as a child, but I wouldn't say full-on making me bleed or whatever because that's just child abuse, but perhaps a light slap after doing something wrong. And that too within my own house instead of embarrassing me, although I was spoken to about my behaviour when necessary. I agree that violence doesn't stop bad behaviour at all and I disagree with that part of my upbringing, because whenever I was slapped lightly or whatever, I ended up resenting my parents more than respecting them. Some of their other parenting qualities I really do admire, but in terms of smacking I think I will adopt a similar approach when hopefully I do become a parent. I've vowed to restrain from ever slapping my children, and instead finding other ways around the discipline problem. I think a healthy relationship between the parents and the communication aspect within the family often helps the upbringing of the child and often reduces resorting to smacking a great deal.