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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

There is a difference between "Right thinking" & The PC Brigade (Thinking they're right).

You have a child who will not behave, you slap them this is a discipline action to make them realise what they've done is wrong & the slap was the consequence of their action. A lesson is learnt & the incident isn't repeated (this I class as right thinking).

You have a Child who will not behave, you don't slap them, no discipline action, no realisation of their wrong doing because there was no punishment, ergo no consequences to their actions. No lesson learnt & the incident is repeated or a more serious incident occurs. (this is PCB thinking)

Result ? two divergent ways, one Child may well go on to be a good upstanding citizen, the other another Venables,Thompson or one of the 2 things from Edlington.

Couldn't have put it better myself Dave