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Originally Posted by IrieStar
See.. I took no crap from my kids...they knew better than to act like animals in the store, the car, the restaurants, etc...we didn't tolerate that kind of behavior. We were and are strict parents and did spank when they were little but found that making a kid scrub the floor or clean the windows or clean the blinds did more to adjust that nasty ass attitude than a plain ole whipping..and my house got clean  When they became teens and got cars..we took the cars away and the cell phones away...nothing pissed a teen off more than to lose their car and their phone and to be driven around by their MOM! LOLOLOL
Kids get away with too much and they are far too mouthy 
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ive been outspoken on this board about 'spanking' kids before but i have to agree with you here that making sure they contribute to the household chores makes a difference. the contrast i see here in the uk from when i live in Ja really annoys me. in the uk doing household chores is an alien concept to kids (the main evidence is the ones in my family) - but thats their parents fault - and you dont need to hit a child to get them to help in the house. if you do thats the parents problem.