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When i was younger my parent's smacked me and my brother and sister and none of us have turned out to be emotionally and physically abused adults - we knew that if we did something wrong there would be punishment for it.
I think as soon as you take away effective punishment as a deterrent or whatever it moves the goalposts and gives kids a chance to 'try it on'
I don't know what the answer is I just know that somehow we have to take back the initiative and take control again.
parent's really do have to take control of their kids and discipline and spend time with them and so on.
I actually agree with David Cameron's 'hug a huddy' idea because at the end of the day kids just want to feel loved and cherished and sadly that is missing today. What that doesn't mean is not giving tough love too!
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