What Do You Think of This Incident? Different Culture or Individual Preference?

[abax]

And to that, SFLGuy, I say bullshit! A smack on the behind
is not abuse. It's a reminder that there are other people
in the world who deserve decent behavior.

Happy, you will rarely see the Oriental regard for manners and consideration for others in America as
you did in Asia. Asian countries have had thousands of
years of cultural adaptation. America is still the wild
west by comparison.

 

[SFLguy]

I never said it was abuse and I myself experienced it as well. That being said, I now think that the mark of a great parent is good discipline without physical discipline.
I used to believe very strongly in a couple of smacks to make a child behave, the studies I've seen have caused me to reconsider.

 

[PaphMadMan]

When kids act up in public I figure it is the parents that need a strong smack upside the head, not the kids.