Smacking Children: Good or Bad?

[novasonic]

As the OP said, anything that leaves physical marks or injures the child is wrong. I don't see a problem with a little smack on the ass. My parents did it, and they never crossed the line. Then they would always tell me if i did something really really bad, the punishment would be way way worse. And you know what.. I never did anything really really bad.

But I think the most effective discipline they used was to just take away something that I really liked at the time (pokemon cards or a video game etc.) They'd tell me I can have it back in a couple weeks. Then if they felt I was well behaved during that time, they'd give it back earlier. Like say 1 week instead of 2. They wouldn't tell me they were gonna do that though. They'd just come up to me and say "Here, you've been a good boy. You can have this back early." It taught me that making a shit storm out of everything gets you absolutely nowhere in life.

So back on topic. No a little smack isn't gonna hurt anyone. But as a few other people have said, there's way more effective ways to discipline your kids.