Re: Parenting & Discipline
Reply #71 –
For every kid a smack didn't hurt... I reckon there's a thousand that it did.
Carn Lods I thought you were old fashion.
My dad was in the British Army.
He was an Australian overseas in the British Army when the Second World war broke out.
He was captured at Singapore and spent four years in the camps and on the railways.
After the war he joined the Australian Army and was a Sergeant-Major when he eventually left the Army.
He knew a bit about discipline and punishment.
He never once hit me.
I've spent the last 40 years working in Juvenile Detention centres and State Ward homes.
I've seen the result of physical abuse and the circle of violence it creates in young folk.
I know a bit about discipline and punishment.
I've never once hit my own kids (or any other kid)and my kids have turned out fine.
I just don't think it's necessary.
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