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Originally Posted by Livia

I think if someone wants to discipline their own kid with a slap then that's up to them. So long as that person is quite clear on the difference between slapping a child as a punishment, and beating the crap out of them. I was slapped a few times as a kid and I can say with my hand on my heart that I deserved it, I knew why it had happened and I never thought for one moment I was abused or that my parents didn't love me.

I would guess that most of the time a slap is given to a child as a reaction in anger rather than as a thought out punishment, as in the example in the article.