The judicious use of pain is a very proper way of raising and training children. A child understands a whack on the behind and the fear of the rod more than they understand a “time out.”
If they have no fear of the rod, how is one supposed to enforce “time-out?”
I couldn’t agree more. Young children just don’t have the capacity to reason. They do understand touch. If they get plenty of love and warm hugs, then they’ll be fine if that get that smack across the legs if they’ve done something they should not have done.
And I’ve always wondered, “how do you KEEP the kid in the corner for ‘time-out’ if they don’t really want to obey?”