Raising your children to be polite, respectful and well-behaved has its challenges as any parent will tell you. And everyone seems to have an opinion on it, even if it is uninvited. But if there's one thing that many can agree on, it's that smacking children is a big no-no.
However, as parenting styles have changed over the years, there's now another thing that some want to add to the list of disciplinary methods that should be left in the past, as they feel it's just as bad as smacking.
Navit Schechter, 43, a cognitive behavioural therapist and mum-of-one maintains she would never call her six-year-old daughter, 'naughty' as she believes it's as bad as any sort of physical punishment and there can be only one outcome if it is used: an upset child.
