To be a well adjusted person in a well run society, a person needs a healthy sense of shame. One way to instill shame into a misbaving child is to use the circle of shame. Similar to the idea of having the child stand in a corner, the circle of shame is an area within which the offending child is placed. After a sufficient time, when the child is removed from the circle, you tell the child that he is leaving the circle of shame, leaving his shamefulness behind and should behave accordingly. If the child is so incorrigible that the circle of shame can not contain him, then we must make use of the pit of shame.
Whatever happened to the good old smack when kids misbehaved? It's the only way to teach them that when you grow up and you do something bad there are consequences to pay. WTF is standing in a corner going to teach them exactly?
Every kid (6-10 years old) I've talked to was perfectly fine with being sent to the corner chair or their rooms but a smack (read smack not a belting) made them think twice about doing something bad.
You see that's why smacking works. If you're ok with being grounded, then you're more likely to do something "wrong". If you're scared of being smacked, then you're a lot less likely to do something "wrong". It prepares kids for the real world.
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Anonymous2010-09-04 3:37
If some guy smacked me, I'd hold the grudge forever and avoid the guy as much as possible. I'd be filled with hate.
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Anonymous2010-09-04 4:33
This is aversion therapy. Like conditioning in "Brave New World"