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Children at school have the capacity to understand what is expected and to respond to more life-like consequences. Maybe: Disobedience - detention (plus note to parents) Inappropriate behaviour towards peers - separation from peers for a time Continually disruptive - miss out on something fun...

I don't know if you noticed, Richard, but I am ostensibly one of those who believes that children definately grow out of spanking - and that is should be reserved for very young children not capable of understanding natural consequences. A child develops the ability to understand, and as the...

A little off topic, I admit, but is feeling ashamed of bad behaviour, sad for hurting others and afraid (as in respectful and mindful of the likelyhood) of negative consequences SUCH A BAD THING????? I say its a bloody good thing, and getting more and more rare even in adults. (perhaps because...

Yes. Seriously. I'm busy, but just quickly; Violence : 1.swift and intense force: the violence of a storm. 2.rough or injurious physical force, action, or treatment: to die by violence. 3.an unjust or unwarranted exertion of force or power, as against rights or laws: to take over a government by...

I've often wondered...it does seem cruel to keep breeding animals whose lives are characterised by suffering, but then, what's to stop that logic being carried on with regards to humans. Ugh, I suck.

Absolutely. I cannot tell you how angry thoughtless people make me.

It is quite clearly the FURTHEST THING FROM BESIDE THE POINT. You have obviously not received loving parental guidance and discipline. Abuse is not discipline. A smack is not violence. Smacking should not be used on children capable of understanding. I'm sure you will say you love and are...

He has rarely sworn in front of me, only when something has gone massively wrong all of a sudden - like at my instructor when I nearly fell of a horse or the car when it stalled on the highway etc. He always apologises afterwards, and to be honest, swearing doesn't bother me too much. ( and no...

To be honest I don't know many tradesmen very well, but I will say the few I've had at my house to fix things etc have been a mixed bunch, most of them polite, a few that were clean shaven and actually quite handsome, and some very ill mannered losers who did a terrible job. White collar workers...

Iron, you are resplendent in this post.

I do not know whom you refer to as saying that parents "should not explain the ramification of particular behaviours to children" but I would ask you to bear in mind that very young children do not have the capacity to understand many things that adults understand as obvious. There is no harm...

Well, why not ? Media is saturated in other idealogies.

My logic is a little different : Two year old has decided he likes to run out on the road. I tell him no, in my most grave tone. He runs for it again. I tell him no and administer a sharp smack. He runs again, I smack him again, and repeat "no". Child considers running for it again but by now...

There is much merit in what you say, and child abuse is a terrible, terrible reality in our society - but I think you miss the true motivation of many parents in smacking their children. Smacking is, in my opinion, often the kindest and most appropriate form of disciplining young children. It's...

No issues with men or women crying, whatever relieves/calms them is fine by me. I find public displays of tearful emotion difficult to handle though - only because I don't know whether to comfort the person or hide their crying to prevent their embarrasment...plus I tend to get teary if I see...

I have no disrespect for tradies. Some of them are gross old deadbeats for sure, but others are brilliant businessmen aswell as massive hulks of manly muscle. Intelligence and propensity for physical work are not mutually exclusive, a man with both can make a killing as a tradesman. EDIT: I'm...

Love is a choice dude. In a nutshell, if she makes decisions that show that she values you above herself , she loves you.

Spoken from someone with broad life experience and deep wells of wisdom. No offence dear, but she needs to speak to someone a little more seasoned.

One word describes you : Infatuated.

Hate the idea of terminating any person to be honest.