so called human beings

[grahamw48]

I was smacked, beaten, punched, hit with sticks...you name it, as a child.

I have no problem with 'appropriate' corporal punishment if that is what is required to discipline certain individuals, as has been the case for probably millions of years.

I have never struck my boy...I just couldn't, but then again, he has always been such a good child, perhaps because he was loved and given proper guidance from day one.

Not all kids have that experience, or perhaps have a more disruptive personality, because of course they/we are all individuals.

[Englishman2010]

I have never struck my boy...I just couldn't, but then again, he has always been such a good child, perhaps because he was loved and given proper guidance from day one.

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That's the key Graham I doubt very much the kids going on recent rampages had the benefit of a home life like that.

People are very quick to blame single parents, but I don't think it's the case at all. As a divorcee, does that make me a single parent? My ex-wife is also a single parent, but we are both middle class, live in nice areas, were well educated and we have both tried our hardest to lead by positive example and bring up/educate our kids to the best of our ability.

I left school in 1984, the cane was still used as a punishment then. I was never caned, the fear of it was always enough to make me think about my actions, or to make sure I never got caught if I was misbehaving

[stevewool]

I was smacked, beaten, punched, hit with sticks...you name it, as a child.

I have no problem with 'appropriate' corporal punishment if that is what is required to discipline certain individuals, as has been the case for probably millions of years.

I have never struck my boy...I just couldn't, but then again, he has always been such a good child, perhaps because he was loved and given proper guidance from day one.

Not all kids have that experience, or perhaps have a more disruptive personality, because of course they/we are all individuals.

how many off us was brought up with not much, did we do this sort of things,NO, was we smacked and so on if we did things YES and we expected it, it was respeck that my family taugh us and i have taught that to my children too, just like you Graham i have never struck my kids , that would hurt me more then them,

[stevewool]

I was smacked, beaten, punched, hit with sticks...you name it, as a child.

I have no problem with 'appropriate' corporal punishment if that is what is required to discipline certain individuals, as has been the case for probably millions of years.

I have never struck my boy...I just couldn't, but then again, he has always been such a good child, perhaps because he was loved and given proper guidance from day one.

Not all kids have that experience, or perhaps have a more disruptive personality, because of course they/we are all individuals.

how many off us was brought up with not much, did we do this sort of things,NO, was we smacked and so on if we did things YES and we expected it, it was respeck that my family taugh us and i have taught that to my children too, just like you Graham i have never struck my kids , that would hurt me more then them,