Hairy, could not resist as mum had those, I call them tongs for the washing machine LOL.
Lucky for us we never got hit with them....maybe she did not think of it LOL.
But seriously would you hit your child with that??? I hope not. So there are so many " smackers" and it is working so well as our young are behaving so well...NOT.
They resort to hitting anyone that does not do what they want or what they think is inappropriate.
So as we have 70%?? of people thinking that smacking is ok and do it, then why are so many kids running wild???
They are not taught from a young age how to respect themselves and through that they learn how not to respect others.
I always ...when son did a good things, said to him "I am very proud of you...But you must be very proud of yourself"
None of this crap were everyone gets a medal...life is not like that.
Children need and thrive on calm, logic discipline to get on in this crazy world, more now than ever.
Do the hard work for you kids...they need it and we all as parents...it is our job and pleasure to bring them up.