Complete Ban On Smacking Children.

[nicebloke1]

Whats your view, I can't make my mind up.

[theshedman]

Cloverjo, I didn't say that I had smacked a child but had it done to me when I was young and I don't think it did me any harm at all.  I do think that when I see children out with their parents and hitting and swearing at them it is not right.  Then I think a little tap is in order.  I am talking about the children who are doing the swearing and hitting not the parents and yes I have seen it and sometimes I have seen the little ones kick their parents too.  A little discipline is good for them.  Ignoring bad behaviour will not help them in the long term.

[Untitled]

hitting a child is bad behaviour

[bhg481]

Interesting update; a headline in the Daily Mail today (Wed 13/3/25) - sorry it's behind a paywall but the headline says it all.

Smacking children can be good. It can change the course of their lives for the better. And here's my scientific evidence: By human development expert PROFESSOR ROBERT LARZELERE

[barry1010]

Interesting article re the professor and smacking from 2018

https://www.christian.org.uk/news/prof-says-wales-smacking-consultation-ignored-research/

[Khandro]

Once upon a time there was a man called Dr Spock , a guru to many 60s parents about bringing up children.

One of his rules was that you should only admonish a child by talking to it. His books sold in their millions, and he became very wealthy by it.

Many years later when his own kids grew up one of them said how he used to beat the **** out of us. 😄

 

[Atheist]

Perhaps that's why he advised against it when he wrote his book. BTW, in case TTT is keeping an eye on the thread, do you have any evidence to support your assertion?

[barry1010]

For Atheist:

"Asked if he had ever hit his own child, Dr Spock replied with relish, “Sure.” The doctor is 6ft. 4in. tall, and was an Olympic oarsman in 1924. He has huge shoulders and hands. He looks as though he could deliver a mighty wallop.

He then explained that he did not think corporal punishment necessary. Parents to whom it seemed natural need not feel ashamed of themselves. It might be an easy way of showing anger and clearing the air. But you could never make a good child by hitting him. Dr Spock had hit his own children only very occasionally."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/23/dr-benjamin-spock-baby-and-child-care-1962#:~:text=Dr%20Spock%20had%20hit%20his,strictness%20of%20his%20own%20upbringing.