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my mum use to beat me up when i was very little when i do sometin wrong, but guess what ?am so glad she did, cus it made me very responsible, mamaput, ur child reminds me of myself when i was very young i thank GOD 4 my mum cos i would have turned out to be a big nag and a spoit brat.Sometimes spankin ur kid is good cos it knocks some sense into their head.Iwas a real pain while i was growin up and GOD nos talkin to woulld have not helped me one bit.

@all, I quite can't understand the rambling about slapping one's child. If u were never beaten by ur parents then I would imagine that u are not Nigerian whether here or in diaspora. Even the Bible says that; "foolishiness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction DRIVES it far".
@mamaput, well done for making her see in black and white. What else should you do when ur kid becomes a pain other than to instill sanity anyway you can.
@ seun, I wonder where u are coming from. You are not yet over there, yet your reasoning is very much overboard. I believe when you become a parent you will see better reason to slap, knock, or even spank a child.
I wonder where most of us would be today were it not for those slaps, cane etc.
Mamaput, you are the boss, you donot owe your kid any appology in that regard. Keep being the loving mum that u are.

Never hit your child out of anger or frustation.

That is the line we must not cross and it is easy to do.

When I am angry with my son I will try and use other punishments.

I only smack him when I am not angry.

A slap is indication that you have lost control.

Take am easy, it is hard to raise a kid but that is why we are adults.