Taking responsibilty for your actions and learning that there are consequences for 'bad' behaviour, and respect for others in general, should be taught to children when they're young, regardless of gender, or if they are in a one or two parent family. It can be taught in different ways, smacking or not etc etc. But some parents lack common sense and so we see kids running amok. My (11 yo)step-daughter has been bragging about her malicious and violent behaviour against other kids at school......when her father approached the (custodial) mother about his concerns and worry for his daughter acting this way, he was sworn at and told it wasn't a problem. With a role model like that, why would she act any different?

There is a world of difference between flogging a child and smacking it. One suggests a lack of control on behalf of the administrator. Children respond differently to controls, boundaries and instruction and the adults teaching and looking after them need to be able to respond to individual children in ways appropriate for them.

A humourous side - a friend of mine took to slyly pinching her little boy when he was unruly in public, given that it is illegal to smack him. This worked a treat until one day in the supermarket he turned around and shouted "stop pinching me Mum, that hurts". Bugger!

i agree with you
the youths now a days are really wild
atleast most of them are
but this is the 21century
we have to come up with
better salutions
dont u know how much teachers
abuse kids
dont u know how much parents
abuse kids
dont u know how much police officers
abuse kids
u think its better to give them
authority when there the one
thats makin things worst
it certainly wasnt no kid
that made mc gluggys
it certainly wasnt no kid
that begged for mc gluggys
adults took them for treat
if adults hadnt they wonnt
need it
if adults hadnt introduced them to junk food
they wouldnt be eatin it 2day
maybe its adults who need trainin
what kinda parent cant say
no to there kid
man u got ur facts mixed up
its not becuz there scared
its becuz they dont care
its becuz of them that youths are
runnin wild
i should know
am not a adult
am a kid
with strong parents
and parents who doesnt give
teachers authority over me
and u dont see me runnin wild
u got ur facts mixed up
i suggest u straigthen them out