Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
I'd personally advocate burning toys, giving them nothing but brussel sprouts to eat, unplugging the tv or computer or threatening to send baby pictures to a HS mailing list before smacking though.
I got both when I misbehaved, as I got older there was less spanking/smacking and more grounding/priviledge removal. Getting spanked is easy time, not being able to watch TV or get on the computer sucked big time. Much more effective.