So don't take me as a bad person but I think people should be able to smack there kids. It's madness that a kid can go around making messes, hitting their parents, screaming,swearing, being disrespectful and the little brats can get away with it because the government thinks it's child abuse to give your kid a smack. I'm not saying bring back the wooden spoon or hit a kid across the face but a smack across the butt should teach the brat a lesson. Also there are woman out there who have little toddlers who want to stick a knife in an electrical board and what do they do? Instead of smacking them showing it's a bad thing to do, they go 'no don't,' in a wiss a** voice. What, a two year old is gonna remember or care if you tell them not to. There are reasons they call it the terrible 2's. It's fine for those who don't have kids, or nephews and nieces who they don't have to see; I may only be a teenager still and my younger brother isn't that young anymore but i see some of the kids today. They are unruly, disrespectful and show an attitudes which they shouldn't have. It's like seeing the generations young jail fillers, and the number is only increasing. Look there is a difference between a smack and child abuse. I say let parent's smack there kids. If I ever become a parent (unlikely, I kinda hate kids at this stage) I want to make sure I haven't got some little brat who can run around and hit me because he know he can without any punishment.