@zoidette

The closest I came to getting a caning was the threat; never actually struck. We’ve never hit our kids and I even dropped the threat part. They’re amazing, intelligent, empathetic, contributing members of society.

Hell, I don’t ever hit our *dog*. And he’s as equally well-behaved.

There are other ways to reinforce good behaviour. They take longer, are more complicated, but they’re infinitely better over the long term.