growing up i was never smacked

was it because i was angelic? no 

i was taught right from wrong

and wouldnt have dared talk back or done something i knew wrong

i am  at the way some parents talk to their children these days

multiple warnings and swearing

and the child carries on doing the same thing

so (A) they must be spoken to like that a lot hence no surprise and (B) they KNOW they wont get punished and the mother issues warnings like this all the time

i would keel over if my mother swore at me now never mind then 

and vice versa