[QUOTE="GabuEx"][QUOTE="phillo99"]
No. When I was a child, I never thought beyond "I want it and I want it now". So my parents punished me and told me why I shouldn't do that. My neigbors only do the latter and their children are impulsive as can be. And there are other situations of which to educate a child of why not to do something other then when they do something wrong.
I never said that you should never punish your kids, but corporal punishment is easily the worst of all punishments. It doesn't give the kid any time to reflect; it is something that is easily coped with, especially when it happens a lot;and it's ridiculously hypocritical to boot, given that any child will at some point need to be told not to hit someone to get what they want. In addition to that, as I said, there have been studies done that concluded that an increase in corporal punishment was associated with increased agression and criminal behavior and decreased mental health, with the only positive association being the immediate cessation of the child's behavior. A recent study concluded that "even minimal amounts of spanking can lead to an increased likelihood in antisocial behavior by children."
The bottom line is that with all the other ways parents can more effectively impart on their child what they're looking for, it is really only laziness on the part of the parent - the lack of desire to do anything other than whack, whack to teach their kid a lesson -that would cause them to resort to hitting their kid.
Well, then, what do you suggest old-style people like me should do? :o 
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