Re: Smacking children
 

All you have left is cell phones, car keys, curfews, and my favorite.. threaten and follow through taking their door of the hinges. VERY effective!:thumbsup:

Re: Smacking children
 

Taking their door off the hinges??????:blink:


We put a lock on ours..... Much more effective....;)

Re: Smacking children
 

The husband threatens to take Tiddler's door off when she slams it, gets it from me, I in turn come from a family of door slammers, extremely satisfying, anyway where was I? Ahh, yes so anyway I refuse to let him, have to remind him of what a bombsite the room is 99% of the time, don't want to be looking at that if I don't have to.:D

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I stand corrected. However my sons room was such a disaster area you could rarely close the door on a good day.:D

Re: Smacking children
 

Yeah, but I bet you'd like to ;)

I don't think I'd smack/hit a kid but I do think there's a difference between that and a sharp tap - for eg to prevent a dangerous situation.

I think discipline is the key - in the form of sticking to what you say and always following through. I know someone (certainly not naming any names) who has spent the last 10 years not following through on threats and letting their children run rings around them and always get their own way - and they wonder why the kids are now little sh*ts :sneaky: