Dad was the disiplinarian in our house and we learned respect at an early age.
yes sir ,no sir, please and thank you and so on.
we got a belt on the rear end and I do thank him for it.I've got more respect for him for what he accomplished in his life with what he had.
Mom was the softy that let us slide while he wasn't around.
the grounding didn't work
the no tv didn't work
but when it came to the belt......we listened and minded. and if he didn't have a belt on you hoped there wasn't a switch anywhere around !
a few times I can remember having welts on the cheeks but knew why they were there!
Too many times I've seen non-disiplined kids just walk all over thier parents in disrespect that it pisses me off.
spare the rod spoil the child , there are a few instances of a kid turning out ok without it...... but there's alot less respect of others these day's which I do feel has something to do with it.
Dad was 30 yrs in the military......maybe that has bearing on it.
but in hind-sight , I needed it, deserved it and thank him for being there to do it !
try it now and your a child abuser......to a snot nose wise-ass kid that knows you can't be doing that!!
I got it up to age 8 , and I figure if you can't learn by then.........go to age 10!