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   Peter from Gosport says:

   Jan 12, 10:26

   Can anyone remember the old saying "Spare the rod spoil the child"
   It is a very good maxim.Children "know " there rights, but they Don'T KNOW THE RESPonSIBILITIES THAT GO WITH THEM RIGHTS.
   In the middle ages we had the cure for anti social behaviour amongst other things and this was the stocks, bring them back and when you have a child who thinks they are so good, it would be a good way to bring them down to earth with a bump because there "street cred" would go out the window.
   The same with schools, Bring back the cane but do it in fron't of the whole school, then maybe we might be able to get control back to the parents/adults.
   But at the same time start punishing parents for making there children "latch door kids, who would sooner go to the bookies/bingo/pub or club instead of doing there duty to there children.
   Another area that is needed to look at is BAN children from pubs, clubs and restaurants.
   How many of us have been in the above mentioned establishments and found that a lot of children are not controled by the parents, thereby spoiling the enjoyment for the majority who go to a pub etc for a bit of peace and socialising.
   Finally give the children with the worst attitude to the political correctnes/bleeding hart liberals and see IF they can cope without a bit of corporal punishment. I very much doubt it.
   AS long as its not ott then why not smack the little cherubs as a LAST resort.

   Is smacking acceptable?

   Yes
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   mark from portsmouth says:

   Jan 12, 08:46

   A person has got to earn respect and once it is installed there should be no need for any punishment wether verbal or physical.
   But lets be honest here how can anybody say that we as olders should not enforce what is morally RIGHT and wrong!!!!!!

   Is smacking acceptable?

   Yes
3.  
   Rich from Trowbridge says:

   Jan 12, 02:53

   Yes, if explained why and also never too often or that is simply abuse and unacceptable. You here old people say it used to happen in my day that a parent could punish a wayward child, now I have heard a child of a friend say i will report you. This child gets away with too much and I fear will not be a responsible or nice person when released into society
   and old saying we reap what we sow, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED WISHY WASHY LIBERALS

   Is smacking acceptable?

   Yes
4.  
   Colin Taylor from Stockport Cheshire says:

   Jan 9, 12:29

   Yes. Smacking a child is good for them. We have gone too far into political correctness today. Smacking never did me any harm, in fact if I were to meet up with all the teachers who had caned me, I would shake them by the hand and thank them for it.

   Is smacking acceptable?

   Yes
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   Nigel from planet earth says:

   Jan 9, 12:26

   lets have a look at schools and the unruly kids that waste days of teaching time per year they don't know where the line is drawn so they keep on crossing it, the kids attitude is "what are you going to do about it"? teachers are being assulted every day by unruly kids and the school can do very little to discipline the kids. if your child reaches out for an electric fire when they are little sometimes it isnt enough to just say come away because some kids will always be more defiant than others again they don't know where the line is drawn. The nanny state attitude is No discipline wrap them up in cotton wool and give em a cuddle, perhaps this is why teachers are being assulted in schools.
   perhaps this is why we have so many unruly teens wandering the streets at night and so many of them carrying knives and stabbing others who in my view have suffered at the hands of the nanny state that doesn't discipline their kids. where did writing home for permission to keep a child back in detention start? if you were late home in my day you had to explain to your parents why you were late and then you were in trouble again for getting into trouble at school.
   All this crap about bullying a child a quick short sharp smack and its over bullying is a constant sustained intensive abuse, I know this is the english language but lets not get ahead of ourselves with the meanning of bullying. Punching is out of the question of course this is going to far but then again I believe in corporal punishment and believe this world would be a better one with it. if you know where the line is drawn you know how to behave hence discapline is instilled into you,
   the very fear of being discaplined would stop a lot of unruly behaviour in schools as it did 30 years ago. did we have so many stabbings by youths then No we didn't. did we have teachers being attacked every day No we didn't. did we need useless community support officers with no powers of arrest to keep our unruly teens in order? no we didn't
   Much of this is about learnning respect for others and you can't have respect without knowing where the line is drawn, respect has to be earned and to earn it you must behave yourself. we are breeding little murderers and theives because they don't know the difference between right and wrong and all thanks to the nanny wrap them up in cotton wool state and the opinions of the Nanny state suporters who obviously Know the difference between right and wrong but because of some bad experience in their lives support the nanny View. Bring back the slipper and the cane in schools let the kids know when they have crossed the line and perhaps discapline will bring back some calm to the teachers who waste their days monitering the disruptive instead of teaching the good kids who want to learn and who will make something of their lives. yes smacking is acceptable.

   Is smacking acceptable?

   Yes

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