Seems there is a lot of different thoughts on this. Here's mine:
Its ok to spank (I try to refrain from using hit because that conveys the wrong message to the reader). I was spanked as a child with both a hand and a paddle. The paddle my dad made was a thin maybe 1/4 inch ply wood with a handle, he made it with a skil saw. That thing stung more than his hand, and it made a really loud "pop" sound. So sometimes the sound of that actually made it feel worse than it really was. I was never swatted more than 3 times in a row, and never hard enough to bruse or anything, just enough to scare some sense into you. I'll probably swat my kids (if I ever have any) but not out of anger, only out of disipline. I think thats what is important, don't think you should be allowed to raise your child if you hit them out of anger instead of swatting them out of disipline.
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