An "expert" is claiming that it is wrong to call your child "naughty" as it might damage the child's self-confidence (see report).

I have rarely heard such utter crap.

As a child I was frequently called names such as "whining little sh!t" or "naughty little f**ker" whilst being dealt some quite serious beatings). None of this harmed my feelings of self-esteem in the slightest.

On the contrary, my sense of self-worth borders on hubrice and my arrogance is such that most people I know are willing to cross the street in order to avoid me.

How do these so-called "experts" explain that?


Gratuitous image of child with gun

I say we go back to those "good old fashioned values" where floggings for trivial offences was the norm and men were real men.