2-year-olds ? Caning 2-year-olds ? Hmmmmm, let me think about it.

Probably not. 1-year-olds ? Hmmmm, that's a hard one. One month ? Now, it gets difficult.

No, seriously, Poirot, it's all in the past and that's where it belongs.

Joe

@joe

not 2 yo
wat about 3 yo
wat about 4 yo
wat about 6 yo

let me think about it....

"catch the foxes...the little foxes in the vineyard"

have a good day

Hi Platypus,

As long as kids have strong and persistent messages about what is right and wrong, good and bad, they won't need to be belted. Or maybe they will. I think the first time I got the cuts was at Penrith when we turned the water off down the back of the school - I didn't realise what we had done, but apparently it caused a lot of trouble. 1953. Fair enough. After all, most of us in those days out that way were pretty feral, barely civilized.

But it was good fun.

Joe

@joe

thks for your post
i like your tone
we can be different
precisely why i stated in the title of the thread

trust me, i am not a violent man
but i believe in good old discipline

i dont belt my children, God forbid
i discipline them
i rather be the one discipling them than the State or the criminal courts

and there are just that few categories that will call for the cane

a. telling lies
b. disrespectful to elders
c. cheating
d. engaging in activity that is life threatening
e. not doing homework or putting their best into studies

no caning for water hosing....hhh

anyway, thks again for that nice last post

and on that note, i suggest we close this thread.

cheers

sonofgloin
You are right about Fabianism, it's on the rise.
My old man used to flog me with his old army belt.
I shot him...six times through my bedroom door while he was trying to cut it down with an axe. He was a Changi POW before the days of PTS
He lived and I loved him just the same.
PS I deserved most of the floggings I got anyway.

Platypus1900, you are a disgrace!
No wonder you are running away from your own thread so soon.
Who canes 2 year olds?

And yes, luckily our laws CAN tell you how you can't discipline your children!

Exactly what was your 'cane' made of anyway?
Was it wood?
Bamboo?
Metal?

Oh yes, very 'loving' discipline...