[Pepper Jack]

as im only 21 years old i dont feel the need to have kids yet, but as a person who was IMO brought up the right way i have to ask the rest of you, how, if at all, do you discipline your children?

when i was growing up my parents gave me a very simple method until i was about 10, and this was that bad = smack and good = treat.

if i was bad which i often was i got a smack, and didnt do it again (or i'd do it again and again and get harder smacks and then i definately wouldnt do it again lol)

if i was good i'd get a small treat such as an ice cream, or something else that i asked for, a video rental etc

but a lot of people don't seem to discipline their children at all, and their kids end up being brats.

i wasn't perfect, far from it in fact, taking hard drugs at 14, selling them in over 18 clubs at 15, yet since my "rebelious streak" seemed to end when i was about 17 or 18 i havn't touched drugs since, simply because i know right from wrong because of the way i was brought up.

i very much thank my parents for giving me the sense to be able to walk down the right path rather than the inevitable path that i was going down.

if i ever have kids i'm gonna discipline them in the same way, kids can't understand right from wrong and they definately can't negotiate like adults, they need simple answers such as good = treat, bad = pain (pain = smack...spank for you americans, i know you cant translate from the "american" laguage to english, burn...i'm just kidding lol), personally i think this is the best way to learn, but i'm looking forward to hearing how you guys discipline your kids or if u dont have kids i'm looking forward to hearing your opinion on my method/your opinion