i think that when your young (like under 10) a slap on the wrist or a few light slaps on the bottom just for intimadation purposes is ok, but not when your older and being threatened or grabbed, even when your young i dont think major punishment like leather belts and paddles are ethical

Its just so DAMN PAINFUl my sister still hits my a** with some random paddle when I do something people my age do like flipp the garbage man the bird when I see him ( he sucks ), or the mailman (throws my boxes on the doorstep fragile or not) . My Mum and Dad had this leather belt, ouch, and theyd hit me like 90 times before they finished. I became levi at school cause my a** would hurt so much I couldn't sit down normal.

I think it can be okay, in very exceptional circumstances. But I must note, a lot of people have said they were smacked and are now very respectful etc: I think that is precisely where the danger lies, being smacked as a child doesn't necessarily cause violence and misbehaviour so much as repression of negative emotions and an inability to stand up for oneself for fear of being smacked again. That is worse in my opinion. However, I know people who were smacked and don't appear to suffer from this.

I was smacked as a child, by my mum and my dad, and I'm just dandy and one of the most respectful teenagers you will ever meet, so hell yeah I think children should be spanked!!! Most of the time the bloody morons deserve it!!

i got smacked when i was little and i don't go around beating people up. if anything it taught me that adults were to be respected and what they say goes. besides, i was warned three times before i got hit. i know kids vary, but it pisses me off that parents can't even stop their kids from misbehaving/having tantrums in public for fear of being accused of child abuse. where i work you can't go one day without atleast 3 tantrums, and soft approaches that some of the parents use don't do anything to stop them. providing that they don't cause bruses etc i don't think smacking should be banned. and i think that they need to bring back the old rules for school, too many teachers are the ones to get atacked and legally they can't do anything about it and the kids can't get punished coz their under age, its stupid >_< although to eb honest a lot of parents need to be taught how to be better people themselves..

I think it's perfectly fine. I was smacked when I was a kid and I turn out perfectly fine. Kids today are being wrapped in bubble wrap and told to play in the sand (Weird metaphor but whatever)

Ayway as long as the child deserves it, like they did something wrong and not that you just felt like it. The odd smack on the back-side doesn't scar anyone for life.

I was spanked as a kid so was my brother he's the perfect son and I do everything opposite of what my parents want...so idk and I kind of hold a grudge about it

i was spanked as a kid and now i think that i have to lie to people to not get hurt

My levels of "being smacked" varied throughout my childhood.
Whenever I was just being a brat, and in a public place, she would bring me to the bathroom and smack me on the hand hard and flick me in the nose several times, and told me to stop LOL

Whenever I did something to really piss my parents off, they would smack me in the face, or spank me with the belt. It wasn't too hard, but I know I deserved it... I remember my mom almost strangled me because I purposely broke my closet door.

In the end, I did respect my parents. My dad never hit me, though... only once but that was it.
Even now, I think there are times where I deserve to be smacked around because I do things that make my parents worry. But I don't do it on purpose D:

Using this as an example, I think it's fine for a kid to be spanked or slapped. If they deserve it, if they're being a brat, then so be it.
And the hell with all of those people who think discipline = child abuse -.-