Originally Posted by Mirren
Do you feel children should be spanked or spoken to about their negative and inappropriate behavior? I was spanked a handful of times as a child, didn't affect me much. It hurt them more than me probably. I don't think beating the shit out of your children is proper though, a swat on the ass is a bit different in my eyes. I think verbal abuse is worse than physical in the long run.
In my experience in working with children in a school setting, it was worse when you take something from them, that gets their attention.