Ice, all of my family are like that, really and truly love, they are. Just me Ma, RIP, her nerves were bad, the aul C.O.L., I think was her problem! Anyway, I never concerned myself much regarding getting a thumping, but my sister has resented it all her life. She started off with the view never to hit her kids, by the time No 3 came along, that idea was out the windy!! But as I said, I always only needed to give any of them a look and they calmed down. Yes, with other parents a lecture works - - - honestly? I prefered me Ma's hand to her lecture and she never used a cuss word in her life I can also state that. But she used BIG words that I never knew what the hell she was talking about!!! LOL on me!