[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]I'm a parent, and I assure you the swat on the ass would be followed by the dismantling of the PC and removal of all electronics from the bedroom, followed by a period of confinement known as "grounding" to said emptied room.The first rule I am teaching my son (who is still a toddler): "Do not throw a fit with dad. It doesn't work on me, and only makes things worse on you."Too many parents are too lazy to be consistent with rule enforcement and consequences, and in reality that's all it takes to have a well behaved kid. But hey, after a hard day's work (or welfare), who wants to discipline their kid, right? Much easier to let them do whatever they please...[/citation]
If i was your kid i would've called the police you on for child abuse for hitting ^^ "positive punishment or type I punishment, an experimenter punishes a response by presenting an aversive stimulus into the animal's surroundings (a brief electric shock, for example)." or hitting, its also the worst way to get someone to consistently decrease a behavior thats undesired