Lol, I have a great relationship with my son. He is respectful, does well in school, and the other kids say he isn’t a bully.
I never spanked him once. The only physical thing I did was hold him down until he realized that wiggling and fighting weren’t going to get him out of it.
I always attempt to get on their level. I think hitting a kid is wrong and in the kids head it becomes about the hitting, and not the action that got them there.
My dad used to hit, and I don’t like him at all.