bro,
always believed that when one spares the rod, one spoils the child.
social graciousness will be important too, right? :p:p:p
bro, I agree with drifter's point on this.
It's more about reinforcements and reminders since young.
Hitting the child may lead to the child thinking that violence is the way to get what they want.
One thing the mother in the tv ad got right is that she at least realised that they may not have taught their kid the right values. That's still better than those parents who are totally oblivious to what they have done wrong.
The products of such parenting are now running around the shopping malls and the streets, some even beating up people and getting charged with rioting and disorderly behaviour.