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Originally Posted by Xaccers
And there are millions and millions more parents who just give their child a quick slap when they are misbehaving, after verbal discipline has failed.
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I recall very clearly when my eldest was a mere toddler him reaching for a hot gas fire. I was there in a flash and slapped his hand, quite sharply, in my panic.
For years after, he associated that fire with that slap - in fact he thought the fire had done it. He never tried to touch it again.
Just one example where it was not abuse and actually in the child's interest. Hence the outright ban is far too extreme and could criminalise a responsible parent.