[Margaret Pilkington]

Parents want the best for their children (usually).......and most parents know what works best for them...most times having used many methods to achieve the right response....and sometimes a smack is the last resort...when everything else has been tried.
My daughter leaves both of her children in my care. She knows that I will enforce discipline in the way that I did when she was a child......which MAY be a smack if the need arises......she has no problems with that because she knows that I do not vent my anger/frustration/tiredness etc. on the children.
And I know that reasoning with a 3 year old having a tantrum is almost impossible.