what do you think of this?

[TWR]

My neighbour came around an hour ago, during the course of the night 6 youngsters picked up a boulder and throw it at her rear screen & smashed it, hows that for the youth of today, the women was in tears. did someone talk about the birch?

[ummmm]

The youth of 'today' have always done stupid, mindless things. Some of them grow out of it and turn into decent human being.
Stop labelling all youth...

[NOX]

You can't make a sweeping statement like that and not expect to get called on it TWR, yes what happened to your friend is wrong and terrible, but not all kids would do it, and kids have always done things like that, so nothing has changed essentially.

[askyourgran]

Monkey see monkey do TWR, now some of them have witnessed their peers going out and rampaging they will assume it's ok to have a go themselves. I don't think all kids are like that it's lack of parential control. Something should be done to bring these kids in line along with their parents (however good they think they are). A good whack wouldn't go amiss.

[Ric.ror]

Some of the youth of today are horrible some are lovely
It was ever thus

[ummmm]

Yeah...beat them. That's the answer...!!

[boxtops]

Ban children

[ummmm]

Even better Boxy....that'll sort the problem :-)

[Count-A-Strong]

Send them to Japan!

[LoftyLottie]

Why is it that people who have 'whacked' their children think that it is this whacking that has kept their children on the straight and narrow!!

Parenting is not about whacking. Discipline is not about whacking. Whacking is about parents losing their temper.

I am really fed up at the moment at the amount of venom that is being spilled out on AB about young people and 'the youth of today'. I have been trying to avoid these threads as much as possible.

I see as much bad behaviour in adults as I do in the young!!

[ummmm]

I made a decision (after seeing my sister smack her kids) that I would only ever smack mine as a punishment, and never because I've lost my temper.

They haven't been smacked since...

(unless they pick their nose....!!)

[LoftyLottie]

It's the kids that I have seen whacked ummmm that have turned out to be the naughtiest. After a few whacks they become immune - same as kids that are constantly screamed at. Whacks become a natural way of life!!

[LoftyLottie]

And apart from that I find it difficult to whack anybody. It don't come naturally ;o)

[bednobs]

if she saw them do it, why didn't she do something?

[ummmm]

I agree Lottie.

[Sqad]

Lofty


"Why is it that people who have 'whacked' their children think that it is this whacking that has kept their children on the straight and narrow!! "

Why is it that people that haven't "whacked" think that it is the absence of "whaking2 that keeps them on the straight and narrow?

Why do the anti corporal punishment group weaken their argument (in my opinion) by using such terms a "whacking, thrashing and beating?" when they know full well that it is inflammatory and adds nothing to the debate.

[ummmm]

To be fair Sqad....'smacking' does work for some. The trouble is when parents use it to punish all crimes.

[ummmm]

See

[TTG]

I have known several incidents of anti-social behaviour from youths. The only way it stopped was when people bigger and stronger confronted them and said (quietly without resorting to swearing or shouting) physical harm would come to them if it continued.

It stopped immediately and no force was needed.

People need to come across as strong and confident.