abbott admits to smacking his children, page-116

Ddzx, Free Will and Koala Joe. My money says you do not have kids

Free Will certainly has kids

my father never once hit or smacked me

I have no kids but have helped raise kids

my best surrogate boy received a lot of violence from his father. mum split

when I met him & his mother (and brothers), his mother used to invite me in, when I would walk back from the beach, only wearing wet shorts

I would sit on the tiled floor, crossed legged, due to my wet shorts, and the boy would buzz around me, punching me & violently pinching by breasts

his mother would cry out: "Don't" but I would raise my hand in calmness and motion to her: "Stop"

soon the boy learned to trust me and one day I walked in and instead of punching me, he wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me

supreme success

soon after, she found a good man. the boy is now 16 years old and what a boy!

I consider my approach removed the anger from that boy

there is no need to smack any kids

I could tell a few other stories

small children are like dogs. their emotions can be controlled with touch, massage, etc

nothing a little proper care & attention can solve

kids generally reflect/mirror their parents