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Originally Posted by Livia
It is not like exercising your power just because you can. My father told me that on the two occasions he smacked me as a child he felt terrible, he didn't enjoy it, but there was no other way. I believe him... he is my hero.
Unless parents abuse their children physically, I'd say it is the business of no one how they raise their children and what punishment they see fit. It is especially not the business of people like you and me who don't actually have children. Like I said, there are plenty of kids who need people taking up their cause, but loved children who get the occasional smack are not those kids.
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But the thing is, exerting any physical force upon anybody without good reason (i.e. self defence, which is the only good reason in existence) is classed as abuse. Whether you like it or not, by smacking a child you are technically abusing them, I'm sorry but you are.
Of course other more serious cases of child abuse need investigating, I'm not disputing that, but cases of smacking need also to be looked into and not sidelined. It still counts as abuse and is absolutely not at all necessary. There's different ways of getting your point across, and physical force, violence and abuse is not the answer in any situation, and that includes when it comes to disciplining a child. It is morally wrong - I don't understand how anybody could say it's not, because it is.