I was also hit and, like Ben, I also think I turned out OK but in the respect that it made me think that the things I was struck for – playing in my room too loudly and other such things – didn’t warrant being struck.
Ben (MetroTalk, Wed) says the more people who adopt the ‘jelly-soft outlook’ on banning smacking, the more ‘insecure, wokey people we’ll get’.
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He says he turned out OK after being hit as a kid but ended his letter with his ‘jelly-soft’ tirade.
