Smacking – It is Not Abuse!
A commentry on the topic of smacking children and how it is a parents right.
I am fed up of all these soft hippie types telling us that smacking children is wrong. I don’t have children, but when I do, they will be loved first but with a strong underlying level of discipline that all children need to become good people. If a parent deems it necessary to smack a child to make a point that something they have done is wrong, then let them! What is the problem? Parents know the line between disciplining and abuse. Smacking should be the last resort and used as a deterrent but if needed, it is there and serves a strong purpose. I am a teacher and am sick of ill disciplined children which have clearly not been set appropriate boundaries at home. Some children rule their parents and do not respect their elders in any way. Children need discipline from a very young age and if it is not there, they will ultimately become a problem to society.
I saw someone on the news last night going on about how smacking was a loss of control and served no purpose and that it was borderline child abuse. Seriously, where do these people get off? She had no clue but went on and on about the moral upstanding of the non-smacking parent. It is wrong!
Hopefully, if I am lucky, I will never need to smack my child. But if I feel it needs to be done to assert discipline and command respect, I won’t hesitate. I was smacked by my parents and I am grateful.
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