Originally Posted by shade001

You can tell real quick who was raised to respect themselves and others when reading threads like these. Unfortunately, most under 30 these days don't even understand what discipline is, is has more to with being taught respect and proper behavior than 'hitting' a child. You should never hit a child, ever, whether it is with an open palm or a closed fist about the head. That is abuse.

Spanking a child should be done with the minimum of force possible. In fact, I've never had to do anything but pop a child on the butt with the flat of my hand and that very rarely. Tone of voice and a look will suffice 99 times out of a hundred.

As a matter of fact, I've found that just letting children know they have disappointed you is far worse than a spanking........unless of course, they were raised by some dumbass who thought timeouts would solve everything. Those children have probably never learned to respect themselves or respect others and that is the core issue.