by Shuli Sudderuddin

Quality control inspector S. Poopathy used to cane his daughter Ashnee when she was about eight.

Using a cane, he would hit her in a controlled manner on the palm or below her knees when she had done something naughty.

Now 15, Ashnee has a good relationship with her parents, and is a disciplined child.

Discussion is key in this family

by Estelle Low

Don't do to others what you don't want done to you.

That is administrator Jaslyn Ong's motto, and so she does not believe in caning her children because she has bad memories of being caned herself.

Being the eldest of six children, she was often punished whenever her siblings misbehaved.

Firm believers in the rod

by Teo Wan Gek

The first time Mrs Lynn Lee caned her daughter was when the girl was two.

Faith had refused to wear her seatbelt when in the car despite repeated warnings.

Mrs Lee told her daughter that she would cane her when they got home, and she did just that with a rattan cane.

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