Quote Originally Posted by Dan View Post
No, but I went on to do dozens more naughty things as most kids do. It's easy to write off a smack, especially as you get older, but I can't help but think that if I'd rather been taught properly or even just given rewards for good behaviour then I might've been less of a handful. Why repeatedly punish the results of bad behaviour when you can try to stop the cause?
And what happens if that fails? If you plead to the better nature of your kid and he learns to ignore you because there are no further consequences?