I think there's an assumption made by some that not smacking means not discplining either which is far from the case. Smacking a child isn't the only way to discipline, I have run Cubs and Brownie groups as well as martial arts classes for children for over thirty years, in these places you can't smack children to make them behave but I have always along with a great many other people always managed to discpline and keep control of children without smacking them. It actually isn't that hard even with your own children.
There are a great many children out there who are well behaved and understand what good behaviour means without them ever having been smacked.
We should try to get away from the idea that only smacked children are well behaved children and that children who aren't smacked aren't disciplined by their parents.
There are a great many children out there who are well behaved and understand what good behaviour means without them ever having been smacked.
We should try to get away from the idea that only smacked children are well behaved children and that children who aren't smacked aren't disciplined by their parents.