Thanks for your reply, MrsBexie. I can barely remember any of my children being a year old lol! I don't doubt that your daughter knows you love her but I guess I was speaking of the impact of smacking from a much longer term POV. My older kids' father loves his kids madly, and I don't think they doubt that either. It's more about the impact it's had on their relationship with him over the last 20 years. Like I said, in some kids there is no impact, and yet in others, a huge impact.

It's hard sometimes being on BB when my kids are much older, where most people have very young children still. It feels like we're talking apples and oranges when talking parenting styles because obviously most of my kids are in a complete different stage of life than the kids of most of the members here on BB, IYKWIM. But it's good to talk about it none the less. As one of the members on BB with the oldest kids here, I like to think I provide a different perspective on how parenting choices can have a lifelong impact on your relationship with your child.