spanking or not?

[DanaC]

Parents who hit their children, aren't necessairly violent

LOL!!!

Glad you find that funny. I know many people who have in some instances given their child a slap on the back of their leg....not hard enough to hurt, does that make them violent people? Their three year old just came perilously close to running out onto a busy main road, they underline their displeasure (and parental panic) with an almost symbolic smack that doesn't hurt, that makes them violent people? The words we're using cover a large spectrum, from something that barely registers, to something that will hurt and humiliate.