Dear Abby...

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by jtemple

I'm All for corporal punishment. I use it on my own son. The key is to figure out what is effective on your child and follow through with punishments. If your punishments are nothing but empty threats, they are guaranteed to fail.

If you are going to use physical punishment on a child, it is very important that you dish it out without anger. If you are angry, Send your kid to their room while you cool off. Parents that get angry and punish their children are more likely to lose control and take it too far.

As stated above, be quick to show your child some love after punishment.

Best way I could think to put it.