kwest
Smacking is a complete lack of control on the part of the parents. It is always wrong. If you would not hit another adult with a weapon then it is a total misuse of power to do that to a child. No excuses. It is wrong.
It is not always 'complete lack of control on the part of the parents'.
What nonsense.
I already explained back in the thread how we smacked my little daughter once because she kept putting stones in her mouth, which was obviously very dangerous. She had been repeatedly told and definitely knew it was wrong, so she got a smack and was told she would get another one if she did it again, which she never did. That was certainly not 'lack of control' on our part or 'misuse if power', it was a decision. Your comment shows a blinkered attitude.