nikkip75
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^^^^^I posted earlier stating that I dont as a rule smack, but have on a couple of occasions when I feel it has been needed. I am 39 in April so I may be older than some of you on here. When I was younger most teenagers still did the things that teenagers did today like maybe drink or smoke behind their parents back (I never did incidently!) and that was because I was scared as I knew that I would be in so much trouble with my parents. My parents smacked us ....and hard at times. I think smacking back then was accepted more and seen as the most effective way of punishment. (they had the cane at school back then)and I know my friends nor I would overstep the mark as we knew what would come! I am not saying that it is right, but it is funny when you look around today and compare certain children and teenagers (not picking on any group of people) in general, they seem to lack respect for their elders, unlike myself and others back then in the 70s and 80s. I often wonder if it is because we have got a softer approach, I am not saying that smacking is the answer but it does make you think! We are all scared of smacking today, myself included but at times when my 15 year old is naughty, I think back to how I wouldnt dare do half the things he does because I feared my parents, but at the same time I respected them.
I could have typed this about myself. Im 36 this year so a child of the 70s and was also smacked. I was smacked on the bum, the legs, even had a few clips around the ear! And although I KNOW this all happend i dont EVER actually remember one incidence of it happening!! I love my parents, i have total respect for them and always have.
I have never been scared of them but i did have the fear of being found out doing something. So i never bunked of school, never misbehaved in school or gave cheek to people when i was hanging out with my mates. Never got in trouble with police, i have never even hit another person in anger! I wouldnt actually know how to hit somebody!!
I also have a 15 year old so i feel your pain