Should Smacking Children Be Illegal?

[bigmarco]

Children need good parenting not good hidings.

To say "it never did me any harm" is neither true nor good reason. IMHO

I agree.
Resorting to violence is IMO an admission of failure in both parenting and teaching skills.

It cannot be justified because it was done to us. Personally never really understand how people can hit someone they are supposed to love.