Do you give your kids a slap if it is deserved?

Look at it this way - if you teach your kid that a smack in the mouth is an acceptable way of making someone do what you want them to do, then you can't really complain when your child goes out and starts smacking people in the mouth to get what they want!

After you'd smacked your son in the mouth, did he still have his phone? His computer games? His tv? Bike? Or whatever other things he has. Still allowed out with friends? How many hours of chores did he do?

The minute my kids know their computers are gonna be gone and they're gonna be washing dishes for a month, they start towing the line right away!

I dont have any children yet but when I do I might spank but nothing extreme I will use words first and correction before spanking.

I was given a spanking or the "switch *leaf branch* as a child and yes I grew up well but I was beaten for everything. My parents stopped at 11 for me and all my siblings and turned the dialogue up.To be honest I think your son can graduate from the smacking he is going to resent you and fight back. I don't know your age but when teen boys hit 15-18 and start playing rugby they get stronger. And your virility is dying off. He is going to challenge you as the secondary male *beta* in the household. Just talk to him man to man. In addition if you build up this physical lingo with him now imagine him in his 20's with you. I'm no parent but I'm just saying this from being a third party observer to the dynamics of father and dad relations. My father did this with my older brother and he turned out well.

EDIT: If you have tried talking then beaten is just going to fuel a monster. Listen I know what your son is going through. When I was a teen I went through my *Pretentious rebellious @sshole phase as well* His fate of development is in his hands alone he will reached the stage of rationality so long as he is allowed that space to do so. our communication dynamic with him should turn psychological i.e. *what type of life do you want, how do you feel about money, women, men, what is your opinion of me (not as a parent)*. I Don't talk to him like he a king though just stay assertive. In addition now give him practical and logical responsibilities Save the pimp slaps for when he acts like a physical @sshole and pray he doesn't take weight lifting and sports as a hobby or else you're f*cked lol.

You are right, kids nowadays are more spoiled and lack discipline. I don't believe discipline should be physical at all. There are many ways to discipline your child which include first advice, then warning, then silence treatment, time-out, etc.), My dad used silence treatment and worked wonder. I think slapping would be a last resort and if you decide to do it, do NOT leave a mark on their skin. Also, I learned from experience, if you treat your parents well, your kids will treat you well and vice-versa.

lol properly he's fortunate it become you and not me... sure he deserved to be slapped on the minimum. yet very last time I heavily slapped a guy I numbed out his jaw for 3 days and he had trouble speaking for 2 (and that become open exceeded) yet with this one I likely would have low blowed him as well. or my fave SD moved... low blow then at the same time as bent over knee or foot to the face (reckoning on real and element of annoyance) You acted rationally and that i imagine he become fortunate to flee with only the slap. properly finished.

i don't have kids, but i give OTHER peoples kids a slap whenever i get chance.