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Originally Posted by Glava
There should definitely be a consequence, but not one that makes a child fear his parents. If you behave badly when you are an adult, would an authority figure strike you? No. There would still be a consequence, but a non-violent one (assuming that criminality is not involved). So why should we make kids think that they will get hit if they mess up?
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A younger child is not always going to understand that if he does something bad and has to go sit in the corner for 2 hours, with their attention span, after the first hour they aren't going to remember why they are in the corner, they will hopefully remember, that if i do X, mommy swatted my butt to get my attention - and I won't do it again because I didn't like it.
A swat is immediate, and it gets their attention...