Smacking is a very personal issue for a parent. It depends very much on what you believe and more importantly, how you were disciplined as a child.
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Smacking is a very personal issue for a parent. It depends very much on what you believe and more importantly, how you were disciplined as a child. I was smacked as a child, more because my parents were concerned for my safety rather than whether I'd misbehaved or not. After all, children may not understand what they have done is wrong or dangerous but they will always understand a twinge of pain. When it comes to bringing up children, everyone wants to give their three pence worth which maybe useful, but no one has to live with your children 24/7 like a parent does. It's defiantly wrong when people are judgemental about a parents' methods of discipline when they see a parent/child incident in a public place. They have no idea what has gone on before the incident they are witness to, and the 'ins and outs' of living with that individual...


