I posted a message on this website looking for suggestions on how to address this with my mom - not looking for justification for her doing this. Under no circumstances is it acceptable for anyone to strike my children. There are plenty of other disciplinary actions to use and which to this day have worked with both of my children. Therefore, thank you "rosepeddle" for your useless reply - the fact that you even suggested I missed out on a few growing up leads me to believe that any child left in your care is probably not a very happy child! And you really think they still like you after you beat them day in and day out....what fantasy world are you living in????!!!!! My children love me because I talk to them and I rationalize with them. I know why they act out and together we find the appropriate solution. Yes, my children don't like me when they are punished but they soon get over it and we move on.