I believe all animals use 'violence' to teach their offspring when they do wrong. For example, a lioness will nip her cub if it hurts her. I don't regard this as violence but as part of her teaching.
However, my mother was so out of control she could've easily killed us with her beatings often using a dog's choke chain to smack us. I do not agree with that sadistic violence but I do agree it kept us out of trouble.
The 'experts' say a child will never remember a smack as long as they themselves feel it was justified.
The only time I ever smacked my toddler son was when he ran out between two parked cars onto a main road. He ran off as I was laden down with bags of groceries. I only smacked him so that he would never do it again - as stern words were not enough, and he was still laughing at the game! It was not done with hatred but with love, to save his life!
Is smacking children socially acceptable?
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I believe all animals use 'violence' to teach their offspring when they do wrong. For example, a lioness will nip her cub if it hurts her. I don't regard this as violence but as part of her teaching.
However, my mother was so out of control she could've easily killed us with her beatings often using a dog's choke chain to smack us. I do not agree with that sadistic violence but I do agree it kept us out of trouble.
The 'experts' say a child will never remember a smack as long as they themselves feel it was justified.
The only time I ever smacked my toddler son was when he ran out between two parked cars onto a main road. He ran off as I was laden down with bags of groceries. I only smacked him so that he would never do it again - as stern words were not enough, and he was still laughing at the game! It was not done with hatred but with love, to save his life!
And yes, I would do it again!