well, Firstly,there is a difference ,,A smack and a flogging,
A smack is fine in my book,A flogging is not.
(A smack is the hand moving no more than 30 center meters)
A little true story.
Just the other day a 4 year old child ran from his parents and was hit by a car,when the parents were asked what form of discipline they used,the mother replied, we don't believe in hitting or that kind of thing,The police officer replied,na,you would rather him hit by a car,wouldn't you,well,the mother was shocked ,as was everyone else for what the officer said,,,However you can see there point,it would have been better for the child to get a smack(or not to run off or you get one) than get hit by a car,because if the child knows there in for a smack,or will get hurt,then chances are they wont do it. Also,you idiots,A child noes nothing about death,which is what a parent try's to protect you from. That child nearly died from being hit by the car,and it all could have been avoided with a little smack.(not metion that the person driving the car will never be the same again).
Try explaining death to a child under 5. Its not easy!
Now that is only one small part of the argument, but compaired to death or a smack,choose a smack,not a beating.
Look,seriously. If you are not prepared to discipline, train or teach everything to a child,then don't have children,because a child only knows what you teach it and what they see and they need to know both the goods and the bads,the rights and the wrongs.
A doctor told me once,
A.D.D = Adults Didn't Discipline
A.D.H.D. = Adults Didn't Have Discipline and so on and so on.
So from a my business point of view,Don't smack your kids cause i need to sell them legal drugs and make money from my chemist.[(sarcasm).in case you didn't know]