Originally posted by sohguanh:
[b]er, nope. cane is not good for the child's psychological health. look at my father can tell liao.
You do not subscribe to the idea of using cane to instill discipline and order? Then how you propose to control very very naughty kids? Use mouth and advice?
Even in prisons, cane is used as a tool to inflict pain and punishment for serious offender. Why is that so? It must be for a reason.
When I advocate cane, I do not mean for every single slight thing you use cane cuz it will lose it's magical effect once the child get used to it. Only cane when very serious act is committed by the child to remind them that that is something parent cannot condone and should be remembered for life.
I believe cane is there for a reason and our prison services has proven that cane can and will make ppl reflect on their serious mistakes. We as parents can learn from the prison services in how to control very rebellious children.
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i mean, one should not use the authoritarian position. inflicting positive punishment does not teach a child what is right. it teaches a child a cane is painful. he/she quickly learns to differentiate the stimulus.
parents should use cane to stop behavior, and then use gentler methods to reason with child. best is use social pressures, like tell the child if he continues to do that, his friends will not like him that sort of thing. but put it mildly.
i have seen children grow up to be really decent, clever kids without the use of cane.