NO ONE smacks their child in the hope that they smack another I personally, as im sure alot of mothers in here will take offence to that. Noone says you should beat the ***** out of your child..but there are instances in which smacking is warranted. Im pretty sure this was not a thread to start a "to smack or not to smack' debate and i think maybe words should be chosen more wisely or with more thoought on how it's going to affect the poster and other mothers.