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We have a law like that in Finland. Talk to someone working in the wellfare who deals with difficult cases and like with warrrreagl's hammer example, that person will tell you it is impossible to make a law that would work in all counts. But the law is made to protect the children and as it's been said, they don't understand to make noise for their rights and legally they are not fully able untill they are 18 so the law has to give the state and other people some amount of power to prevent domestic violence.
The police won't come knocking on your door if you have slapped your kid once. Also cruelty to animals is forbidden but you gotta do something more than give your puppy a flick on the snout.
The idea of the law is that the public attitudes will change and less people will hit their children. It is only referred to if there is really NEED to. Nobody will act like you are a criminal if you admit you have slapped your kid.
My dad was an alcoholic, but he was also an executive level manager in a big corp. He beat up the whole family. I will skip a lot of stuff, but once I ran to the nearest neighbour and asked the father of the family who I knew really well to go help my mother out of the house. I was not kidding. My dad once hit my mom in the wrist with axe that had the sheath on and I called the cops. The neighbour said he won't go to another man's house. WTF??! It's also *MY* house when I am 10 years old kid living in that house. I have never forgiven to that neighbour. This is why the law is required!
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