Dear Val,
It is difficult to give an opinion as all situations are different. Now, I don't have children (fortunately), but I do have a dog and I would not smack a dog. The simple reason being that you should not use the same hand for reward and punishment as it confuses the animal. For my dog I reward good behaviour and ignore bad. The question is, if a child is misbehaving and will not stop, what can you do?
Personally, I see nothing wrong with a short sharp smack on the leg to shock the child out its current behaviour. I remember when I was a child I was being punched in the arm by another child and I asked her repeatedly to stop. She would not stop so I smacked her in the face, which worked but I was had up in front of the headmaster and told off. I took very little notice of what he said because in my mind, I had done all I could to get the child to stop and made the only remaining logical choice.
Louise
Val says Thank you for your response Louise, it is so good knowing people are out there and maybe have different opinions
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