Smack works You think it’s the same as getting smacked as an adult or teenager but you’re wrong. At that age they only understand smacks, coddling, getting yelled at or soothed. At their age a smack is just a form of communication. It also forces them to think. They have to think what they’re doing wrong. Makes them smarter (or dumber if used too much or at the wrong times). Coddling them afterwards let’s them know it was some action not them or they’re abandoned.