Yet we have been rightly outraged when secret videos of vulnerable adults being
smacked have come to light.
Six out of 10 mothers and four out of 10 fathers said they
smacked children when they were three years old.
The Results: The children exposed to smacking were twice as likely to have emotional or behavioral problems as their peers who were never
smacked.
Infant macaques
smacked their lips slowly and with an inconsistent rhythm, similar to the documented pace of babbling in human infants.
The child gets used to being
smacked and gets numb to it after a while.
When I was younger my parents were very strict and
smacked me - Kevin Sheldon, 56, a retired coach driver from Thorntree I'm not against parents smacking a child if they're not causing damage.
I can say same for the children of friends who were also
smacked.
POLICE were called in when a 17-month-old baby boy was left with bruising after being
smacked.
Prof Christian Pfeif fer claims youngsters who are
smacked are four times more likely to become repeat offenders than those not
smacked.
In the survey, 70 per cent of people admitted to seeing a child
smacked in public, with 71 per cent of those feeling concern for the child, 54 per cent feeling upset and 52 per cent wanting to do something to stop it.
Around two-thirds (65%)said they felt concern for children they saw being
smacked in public, while 51% said seeing such an incident would make them upset.
The victim's 14-year-old sister said: "The lady grabbedmy little sister and
smacked her.
