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Disciplining Children

Junior D · 2010-07-06 21:40:00

I recently heard on the radio of a study about the title. Both parents and kids were questioned and I think it was like 73% of people favoured it. The kids said they believed it was ok because the parents were doin it in their best interests. Personally I believe its ok as long as it doesn't go too far, but these people…

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#32 12-08-2010 11:50am
Mary Hairy

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RedXIV wrote: »

Also, on a final point, In one of my classes in secondary school, I would have been around 16, the teacher asked if anybody in the class had been smacked as a child. 5 people raised their hands out of the 30 (including myself) and they were the 5 top achievers in the class. Interesting to me at the time anyway. Could be completely unrelated but i statistic to skew anyone's perception that a smack will produce damaged people

In my leving cert course I used to visit the home of the person who got the best result. A cane was always kept available for use, whnever any of the children brok the rules.

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