[TalonDJ]

What does it teach a child that their parent needs to use a hard object to beat them?

Well it taught me that my parents loved me enough to instill needed discipline to make me a better person. It taught me that my parents were not some limp spined types that care more about their own personal feelings than about letting a child turn into a brat. It taught me that they had the for sight and intelligencer to see that a few tears from a child were far better than a life time of destructive behavior. I thank them for it ever time I see a wild and unruly child.

[misterrob]

When I was a kid and broke something that belonged to another child I was forced to go into my piggy bank and use my allowance money that I had worked for to pay for it. If I had to do extra chores then so be it.

If I misused a toy that caused damage or harm, it went in the trash.

If I didn't do my assigned tasks then I lost TV and other privileges.

If I disprected my teachers then I was grounded.

If I was unwilling to be a good citizen in my house then my brother and sisters got to do things that I didn't.

When I was mean to another kid I had to go and ring the kid's doorbell and apologize to both the kid and the family.

I didn't need to be slapped in the face or beaten with a stick to learn how to behave.