[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Creggle

Can only agree tbh, look how children turn out when they don't get a slapped arse, it's never good.

I'd punch someone if they insulted my mother too, so this old geeza is bang on if you ask me

Excuse me I have two children who are very well behaved and I have never laid a finger on them

Do you think those children who turn out nasty are like that because they're not hit? And how do you know they're not? They could be the ones who do get hit

[Creggle]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Excuse me I have two children who are very well behaved and I have never laid a finger on them

Do you think those children who turn out nasty are like that because they're not hit? And how do you know they're not? They could be the ones who do get hit

Then you're a good mother, some parents don't know wtf they are doing and don't do anything and their kids turn out horrible.

Yes some children who act up may be punished, but ones who abuse their parents and throw strops certainly aren't. If their parents are not good enough to discipline them 'peacefully' then there isn't much of a choice of what they can do to make their kid behave. I certainly think making 'smacking' illegal is ridiculous, it's not like parents would kick the shit out of their kid if they could, just need a little discipline. Legit abusive parents will hurt their children law or no law.

Originally Posted by Tom!

but sticky mouse traps are bad?

I don't punch hard enough to make somebody tear themselves to pieces and cause their insides to fall out.

What world do you live in to compare punching somebody to killing an animal, kid?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Creggle

Then you're a good mother, some parents don't know wtf they are doing and don't do anything and their kids turn out horrible.

Yes some children who act up may be punished, but ones who abuse their parents and throw strops certainly aren't. If their parents are not good enough to discipline them 'peacefully' then there isn't much of a choice of what they can do to make their kid behave. I certainly think making 'smacking' illegal is ridiculous, it's not like parents would kick the shit out of their kid if they could, just need a little discipline. Legit abusive parents will hurt their children law or no law.



I don't punch hard enough to make somebody tear themselves to pieces and cause their insides to fall out.

What world do you live in to compare punching somebody to killing an animal, kid?

So it's ok for bad parents to hit their kids because they're not good enough to discipline their kids any other way?

[Creggle]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

So it's ok for bad parents to hit their kids because they're not good enough to discipline their kids any other way?

Sticky subject really, there is no good answer to it, but for the benefit of the child then maybe. It is speculation as I don't have a kid, if I did then maybe my opinion would be different but I can't for the life of me see how a light slap on the leg would mess a kid's life up?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Creggle

Sticky subject really, there is no good answer to it, but for the benefit of the child then maybe. It is speculation as I don't have a kid, if I did then maybe my opinion would be different but I can't for the life of me see how a light slap on the leg would mess a kid's life up?

Well i never said a slap on the leg would mess up a kids life. I just don't think resorting to physically hurting your child is ever a good way to discipline them

[Creggle]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well i never said a slap on the leg would mess up a kids life. I just don't think resorting to physically hurting your child is ever a good way to discipline them

Honestly who knows, some people are just born arseholes and would not respond to any other form of punishment, but I think it's a subject that only actual parents can have a real say in.

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

My Mum has raised 4 kids, 3 from one relationship and me with my Dad, the only time she has ever laid a finger on one of us was me, when i was like, 11, i said something horrible about my Dad because he was punishing me, so she slapped my leg, I was the only one of her kids that she had ever done that to and she cried for longer than i did, she was mortified and never did it again.
Me and my siblings all grew up to be, decent enough people, never had any trouble and my parents have always said, they could take us anywhere and not have to worry about any of us misbehaving.

So personally i see no correlation between kids being smacked and their behaviour

That being said, i think parents should be able to punish their kids how they see fit, i don't mean beating them, but if a clip round the ear or the back of legs will be more effective for their child than taking away their consoles, then so be it, as long as it's not drastic or over the top.

Exactly!! I think parents who don't smack their kids just have decent kids it's not like there is a certain age where a person graduates into a fully fledged prick!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

No he wasn't, he said he'd punch someone who had insulted his mother

what if it was his kid that insulted his mother?

[T*]

Originally Posted by Creggle

I don't punch hard enough to make somebody tear themselves to pieces and cause their insides to fall out.

What world do you live in to compare punching somebody to killing an animal, kid?

Both inflict pain..
Who do you think you are calling me kid?

[Creggle]

Originally Posted by Tom!

Both inflict pain..
Who do you think you are calling me kid?

There is no comparison there, being punched is nothing.
Also, you are a kid? It was not an insult, I'm sure I have referred to you as 'kid' before and you took no offense.

Though I take offense at the comparison you made, people eh...

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

what if it was his kid that insulted his mother?

I'd shoot it

[Crimson Dynamo]

the problem is that most smacks are delivered because the parent has lost control

this myth that its a measured method of teaching is just that, a myth

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

the problem is that most smacks are delivered because the parent has lost control

this myth that its a measured method of teaching is just that, a myth

Exactly, I think if parents were able to take the time to "plan" a punishment they could surely think of something better than getting physical