Originally Posted by NorthernLad (Post 10523667)

A slap on the back of the legs never did me any harm

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10525653)

So you're an advocate of assaulting children?

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10525653)

So you're an advocate of assaulting children?

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10523547)

So there was no other way to deal with you other than physically assault you?

That's the thing, really - adults like to hide behind less emotive words like "smacking", but really, it's assault. Adults would usually be quick to turn to the law for restitution if another adult "smacked" them, and they'd refer to it as assault too.

One of the reasons why I don't agree with those who would like to see the reintroduction of corporal punishment in schools is that the clear evidence is that it didn't work. Or rather, it might have worked to deter the kids who were basically good, but it didn't offer the slightest deterrent to the hard cases and persistent troublemakers, i.e. the ones who most needed deterring, because the punishment records from schools all over the country show the same names over and over and over again.

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10525653)

So you're an advocate of assaulting children?

Originally Posted by britexpat76 (Post 10525664)

Haha, Hilarious. In the days kids did get a slap you certainly had far fewer reprobates running around the streets causing mayhem and having no respect for people or property.

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10525677)

Huge difference between giving a kid who's being a little shit a smack bum and corporal punishment in schools.

Originally Posted by britexpat76 (Post 10525686)

I got punched by the Lincoln prop forward Mr 'Bob' Kenyon at school, Mr Speed used to throw tennis balls at your head and Mrs Booth was a complete schizophrenic. That was 3 lessons you never ****ed about in. They were all 1st class teachers as was proven by the fact of the marks their students achieved and the fact we all behaved. They would all sadly be out of work in this age of mollycoddling little shits.

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10525653)

So you're an advocate of assaulting children?

Originally Posted by NorthernLad (Post 10525719)

Totally.

Originally Posted by Eeyore (Post 10525653)

So you're an advocate of assaulting children?

Originally Posted by Welivehere (Post 10525726)

The question is loaded as you knew when you wrote it... It's not something that has or ever will happen frequently but I do not have an issue with smacking either of my children if I felt it was warranted.

How do you discipline your kids?

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 10525736)

Never left my bed after that and to be honest, at 17, there is no need to sleep in Mums bed anymore. :rofl:

Originally Posted by Miss Anne Thrope (Post 10525743)

Especially not if you and your mate are taking viagra with her....