Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ View Post
Spankings and beatings are two different things. My Mom let the principal paddle me all the time. I got my fair share of whippings growing up. I am quite a highly intelligent person from that.

My comment, simon, that I think you misunderstood was that back when I was in school, you didn't have the fear that someone would walk into school guns a-blazing. The worst fear we had was being sent to the office for misbehaving and getting a paddle to our backsides. The ONLY time a police officer came to our school was when we were learning about the police. Same with firefighters.
Same here. We never were worried about anyone actually opening fire on students when I was growing up. A number of high school students and teachers actually had guns and knives on school property - but no one would have ever used them except in defense. It just wasn't even a consideration.


In elementary school, we knew that if we got in trouble, we were getting sent to the principal's office, and we were getting a paddling. Most parents would give you another paddling when you got home from school if you got one from the principal.

People understand two things - reward and punishment. As a parent, you use both to try to get your children to become a balanced and productive individual.