Do you agree with smacking children?

Absolutely wrong. I wouldn't say that children learn from beating. I it's just scaring the kids.

Imagine yourself being smacked by someone three times your height and five times your weight. Would you be afraid? I would. I find that spanking or smacking a child breeds resentment and fear. I would rather not have my child resent me or fear me. My oldest is 7 and I just have to hold up my hand and count down the fingers (a backwards count 5 to 0) and she sees that and stops the behavior. The idea of disciplining a child is not to hurt them, but to stop the behavior they are involved in. Negative response isn't for me. As far as a massive beating goes, If I saw that I would call protective services on the parents. Your child is a person, not a punching bag.

That's because you were a little angel when you were a child and the only time I can remember smacking you was when you copied a friends little girl and threw a huge tantrum in the middle of a supermarket over a bag of sweets - It must of worked cause you never did it again! I felt really guilty afterwards though! I don't think it hurts to smack a child now and again as it gives the child some respect for the parent but that is it now and again and only when they have really done something naughty! I only got a few smacks when I was younger and it never hurt me one bit!