[Havoc]

Some children are quiet and listen without problems, some are little brats. At that level it has nothing to do with parenting, MF. Some part of kids being brats can be genetical, stuff like ADHD and other stuff like that.

IMO there is absolutely no harm in raising your child with physical threats. What are you going to do when the kid is doing something which he KNOWS he's not supposed to do? Take away his game boy? Wanna know what happens when you do that? He's gonna whine even more. If a child is doing something which isn't allowed, you tell him what he's doing is wrong and if he doesn't listen you spank him. It teaches the child that there are serious consequenses to their actions and that is a quality that will help them later on life. A child who has been raised with verbal punishment (whatever the hell that is) is a lot less likely to follow rules then one that actualy knows the result of what he's doing.

All that, and it simply saves a lot of time and effort.