I saw a court scene on television the other day, where a child was narrating how her parents yelled at her. It was played up in such a manner that the parents were made to look like the worse child abusers in history. They throw up their hands in defeat and let the children run amok. They abandon the children to television and video games. I am not advocating that whipping and spanking solves all problems.
Wise parents use the threat of it as a deterrent.
I would use it sparingly and only as a last resort. In the past week I have spoken to two welfare officials who admitted to me that the system has failed the children. The system, they contend, does not know what to do. One of them said she could not understand why parents would be criminals for spanking or whipping their children and yet we condemn parents for the lack of discipline with our youths. I asked her if corporal punishment was allowed in her home.