Anyway. I want to point something out.

Over the years parents have stopped smacking. Over the years the world has become a more scary place than ever before. Teens are roaming the streets, having sex & doing drugs alot younger than they used to. Kids have no manners or respect any more. Parents have no control.

I was smacked as a child. So was my brother. When I was a teen I would never have snuck out. Never tried any sort of drug til I was 19 & that was pot. & haven't had it since. The person I lost my virginity to was my now husband at nearly 17. I did have DD1 young, but I was alot more mature at that age than alot of other people are.

Is it because parents have stopped smacking their children & instilling some sort of fear that teens are acting the way they are these days??
Both of my parents used to smack us when we were younger. I snuck out of the house, I had fake ID and went clubbing on school nights, I drank every weekend, I did drugs, I lost my virginity way too young... I basically did all the things that kids are still doing today.
My parents are loving, kind and generous parents who were there for us growing up.
I guess what I am trying to say is that some kids will just do these things. Smacking or not smacking won't change it. The only thing that stopped me doing the things I did was seeing how it hurt my family.
I am more of the raise-my-voice parent in terms of discipline and my children jump 10ft high, DH is the one who asks them calmly to not do the things that they shouldn't be doing... I think it is because they respect us that we don't need to smack them... besides, they're way too big for smacks now (14 and almost 11) but Harrison does get the occasional hand tap smack when he is touching something he shouldn't.