for me disciplining children like that is another way of raising them good... my parents were so strict and they even use their belt for us so that we will do good.

I don't know nowadays, and i don't really understand why parents needs to be accuse of disciplining the kids? ok let's say they think it is part of abusing children but what about by means of disciplining kids? Yeah, for me i will accept those crazy parents who really misuse smacking by doing it with no love for their kids (of course, like they about to kill them, you know, just principle).

My opinion, and my principle-to-be when i became a parent i will of course just spank my kids (with love) to help them to realize that what they are doing is not right. The suggestion should be this, you should do it while no other people can see it, should be inside the room of the child, then after that (of course he or she will be crying) you should hug him or her to show that you love him or her and you care for her. That must be a simple principle by disciplining them... i don't know but that's what i've notice, a lot of kids today never respects anyone, especially their parents because they don't have enough discipline to do what is right!!

For me, i am so thankful for my parents because they love me by doing some discipline to me and the rest of my siblings...right now i am proud of it... hope that some of you that has a parents like that should be thankful... now if any parent is doing something that he really smacking his child so hard and like almost killing it, then that's another story!! he should be in jail!