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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?