What are the results of being smacked.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Before I had children I like others  who had never had children decided I would never smack, I read lots of books and expounded all my thoughts to my friends and family about how to bring up children.  Everyone listened with interest. 
Of course, once I had children of my own, I  changed my mind.  I never beat my children, but I did give them a smack very occasionally.
I now realise I should not have said so much or lectured anyone before I had the experience of having my own children. When I was then qualified to speak.  

[puma]

The "Naughty step" makes me cringe. Pinched from the actions of "Super Nanny", it's a piece of absolute nonsence.  Never heard anything soooooo ridiculous!

toky it as worked with my grand-kids.
 they do not get smacked ,and they learn right from wrong and always say  sorry afterwards
when i mention the naughty step, if they are being naughty they stop .
they now say to their granddad if you are naughty ,we will put you on the naughty step   

in their school it is called time out

[puma]

oops

[Scott and Lisa]

i have three children so i am "qualified" but before i had them i knew i didnt want to smack them and now that they are grown up im glad i didnt break from that, but i really didnt have to have children to have an opinion. and im really surprised how many people do smack their children. i just wonder if te smacking dosent work then what do you do?

[peter16]

Bluwise 1 would be too many, I seem to recall the case of a namesake of mine "baby P" that was said to have started out as just that a"harmless" smack....

[Jacqui Harvey]

There is a difference between smacking and beating.   I think from the mail on this forum from parents the majority opinion is they have smacked and their children have grown up with no problems.  

[GordonA]

I believe that it is extremely arrogant of anyone who has never had the privilege of having children, ( along with the "traumas" as well), to pontificate as to the rights or wrongs of ANY type of chastisement toward children, whether physical or otherwise.

[bewva]

I wonder how many people have not replied maybe not to be judged.
I think in an ideal world we would all agree that smacking is not ideal, however the title of the topic is "what are the results of being smacked", So far it would appear that a lot of us were smacked and feel well balanced, a lot have also smacked our kids probably on a lesser scale to what we had and feel that we have not lost control.

[Scott and Lisa]

In answer to the original question... I don't know, and hopefully generations of my family won't know either

[loz]

So, since the courts and judicial have stopped smacking and sat the criminals on the naughty step the world is now a much better place.  Phew I there I was thinking that the world had gone soft.