By resorting to smacking your children you are entrenching in them the notion that violence is acceptable behavior. Hardly a logical method discipline.
If you can't communicate your point to a child without hitting them you really shouldn't have kids. How on earth is smacking your child to teach them right and wrong even logical?
bump.
i think i've decided on the general direction of my topic...
how our perceptions of mental illness are shaped through its representation in the media.