Why do people have to be so judgmental. They're entitled to their opionion but that doesn't mean they are right.
In this thread people have quoted 'experts' who say it's wrong to smack. But what do 'experts' know? What makes them an expert?
Way back in the 1940's and 1950's, Dr. Benjamin Spock made popular the idea that spanking children was not good way to discipline them. In fact, Dr. Spock claimed that spanking kids actually hurts them and so spanking kids should be avoided at all costs.
UK child psychiatrist, Professor John Pearce, is on record as thinking that childcare over the years has gone astray. "I would warn against free expression," he says. "Children need to develop self-control or they become overactive. It's sad when parents are too frightened to set boundaries."
Dr. James Dobson wrote in The Strong-Willed Child (1978): “Corporal punishment in the hands of a loving parent is a teaching tool by which harmful behavior is inhibited.”
So it seems that some are saying the 'experts' that agree with me are the ones that are right.
Experts get it wrong. Dr Spock himself said he got it wrong.
The Journal of Lifetime Living said: “The child psychologists, wrangling over scheduled versus demand feeding, spanking versus non-spanking, have found that none of it makes much difference so long as the child is loved.” Even Dr. Benjamin Spock, author of Baby and Child Care, took part of the blame for the lack of parental firmness and the resulting delinquency. He said blame rested on the experts, “the child psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers, social workers and pediatricians like myself.”
The answer is LOVE your child, they will know. Even the JWs have always said you should never smack (spank) a child in anger.
Some need a smack, some need a good 'telling off', some just need 'a look'.
Look at the results. These days childen have a lot less physical punishment at home and certainly at school. Has it made children better or worse generally?
