LiviLion Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Think it's great we've got the Daily Mail types with their "I was smacked and I turned out fine". Turned out fine, other than encouraging violence towards children. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, LiviLion said: Think it's great we've got the Daily Mail types with their "I was smacked and I turned out fine". Turned out fine, other than encouraging violence towards children. I'd say your use of language is very "Daily Mail". Encourage violence indeed . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, LiviLion said: Think it's great we've got the Daily Mail types with their "I was smacked and I turned out fine". Turned out fine, other than encouraging violence towards children. You have just crossed a line! I have been called a scumbag, a dinosaur and a child abuser on here today, however I have never read the Daily Mail! How low can you go? Your parents should of disciplined you with a smack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenkay Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 It's a generation thing! I reckon how you view this smacking ban might depend on what decade you were born. I think the Older guys maybe over 45, who had the threat of being disciplined by the belt at school will be against the new laws. The younger lads who've had a free pass (at school) to do whatever they want all their days, will be outraged at the thought of being disiplined. Your view on this will be whatever you've been used to growing up yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Funny subject. I don't hit my kids, but tbf none of them have caused any criminal damage, brought the Polis to the door or shoved fireworks up the arse of the neighbours cats. I find that going into the fuseboard and flicking off the circuit breakers for the upstairs sockets does the trick if the little fuckers get too lippy. Not sure about a smacking ban though. Could be a green light for any feral little b*****ds to do what they want. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 7 minutes ago, LiviLion said: Think it's great we've got the Daily Mail types with their "I was smacked and I turned out fine". Turned out fine, other than encouraging violence towards children. I'd suggest that while the Daily Mail rhetoric is pretty tragic, they're using a first hand example to put their case forward. I cringe at the Mail myself but I'm not 12 so try and keep an open mind, using first hand examples is a pretty standard way of backing your case. Of course, if you're that blinkered and judgemental then you'll only see what you want to see. There are plenty ways to harm a child, either by an adult or another child, physically is just one of them, I have more memories of being bullied/humiliated or however you want to describe it by other kids (or young adults) than I do of being skelped by parents, who would never have tried to humiliate me the way other kids treat each other. I realise this is irrelevant because its all about the bandstanding, just putting it out there for those that will get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 4 minutes ago, Tenkay said: It's a generation thing! I reckon how you view this smacking ban might depend on what decade you were born. I think the Older guys maybe over 45, who had the threat of being disciplined by the belt at school will be against the new laws. The younger lads who've had a free pass (at school) to do whatever they want all their days, will be outraged at the thought of being disiplined. Your view on this will be whatever you've been used to growing up yourself. I think there may be some truth to this as a generalisation but I can assure you, I'm an exception to it. If it were possible to get my parents' opinion on the subject they would be sure to tell you that the constant 'swats' they (and my teachers) dished out never did me any harm. They'd be wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy85 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I think deep down the majority of posters who physically attack their babies and toddlers are aware it’s fucking abhorrent behaviour. If this law saves one child from a skelping then it absolutely is a positive move. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Shotgun said: I think there may be some truth to this as a generalisation but I can assure you, I'm an exception to it. If it were possible to get my parents' opinion on the subject they would be sure to tell you that the constant 'swats' they (and my teachers) dished out never did me any harm. They'd be wrong. Would it have been better if they'd used constant humiliation and put downs? Id rather be skelped 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 31 minutes ago, Shotgun said: hitting elderly people is acceptable. It's tempting, the very elderly are extremely irritating. It's nature's way of preparing you and softening the blow when they croak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Would it have been better if they'd used constant humiliation and put downs? Id rather be skelped Oh, they did that too. For my own good, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jimmy85 said: I think deep down the majority of posters who physically attack their babies and toddlers are aware it’s fucking abhorrent behaviour. If this law saves one child from a skelping then it absolutely is a positive move. If we want to save the lives of children then we wouldn't let 17 year olds drive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Send unruly kids to Kilmarnock prison. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planbiffy Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Just now, chomp my root said: If we want to save the lives of children then we wouldn't let 17 year olds drive. the amount of assemblies I've had at school about driving safely I'm surprised that isnt a law yet but that might just be because my school is full of numpties 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, Shotgun said: I think there may be some truth to this as a generalisation but I can assure you, I'm an exception to it. If it were possible to get my parents' opinion on the subject they would be sure to tell you that the constant 'swats' they (and my teachers) dished out never did me any harm. They'd be wrong. That's quite worrying with a username of Shotgun... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Just now, Shotgun said: Oh, they did that too. For my own good, of course. Sounds like they had a different approach to my own when it came to physically (and emotionally) chastising my kid. Reading between the lines, your parents sound like cvnts, that doesn't mean that everyone who dares to deal with their kids physically is an ogre. At the risk of offence...... get over yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planbiffy Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Richey Edwards said: Send unruly kids to Kilmarnock prison. or just kilmarnock in general 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jimmy85 said: I think deep down the majority of posters who physically attack their babies and toddlers are aware it’s fucking abhorrent behaviour. If this law saves one child from a skelping then it absolutely is a positive move. Nobody has recommended punching babies or toddlers in the face. It's the kind of tactic you'd come up with instead of setting your family on fire to avoid meeting throbber for a pint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Right, here we go. I got smacked as a kid from my parents. The preferred form was a shoe or slipper over the bare arse. More degrading than painful, although it was fucking sore as well. Corporal punishment was administered at school from the age of eight for losing my place at reading. I genuinely don't hold any grudges against my parents - they didn't know any better, it was the done thing at the time ("spare the rod, spoil the child* - what an utterly ridiculous saying). We have two children, both now in their twenties. The oldest got a skelp round the backside (we didn't know any better either) when she behaved badly - never the humiliating bare bum with an object. We soon realised that this only happened when we had lost control of the situation and decided to ditch the smacking. The younger kid didn't get smacked. He has grown up the more couthy of the two - both great kids but one with a nippy temper and one without. The bottom (sorry) line is, you don't need to inflict physical pain and degrading treatment on your kids to bring them up well... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Out of interest, those with kids who peruse The Beano does Dennis still receive the Demon Whacker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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