Thank for you answer; you seem to have more knowledge and experience of life, maybe more children and better raised than average. I understand that you took even classes of parenting, Therefore you must know something more!

Are in your place, society self injuries, drugs. alcohol, running on the streets, sex and pregnancy less harming for children (I didn't say teenagers!) than a slap in the conditions that I presented? They might be seen as less dangerous because they became pretty common while Slapping once must be an ABUSE that I see that has incredible effects.

Between letting a child in danger; to injure himself or put himself in danger I prefered to risk to be label as an ABUSER and to take the measure that would assure less harm in the life of that children.

I am in doubt now about all these scientific discoveries about children's brain and the facts that they are not capable to comprehend well what you are trying to explain them because they lack the understanding of consequences. I understand that you succeeded to perfectly apply the management theory and explain the benefit of alternative behaviour at the right moment in your children life.

I wonder who is more Catholic than Pope, or abuse even the nice idea... to protect the children!

We are all just human indeed and you might be right, having depression, anxiety or PTSD PDSD) we are indeed mentally ill and probably the state get better results raising the children (who do not have the chance to have the "proper" parent) in shelters; were professionals will instill better values in their heads without allowing any harm in their life.

We do war for war, raise children just for calling us parents, and invoke Abuse for...abuse.