I was hit growing up and I was spanked. I do see a HUGE difference in spanking and hitting. To me hitting would be punching, slapping, using a foreign object to hit with (belt, shoe, purse, spatula etc..) or anything that leaves welt, bruises or cuts. No child should ever have to live with that but I also think it should be illegal to tell a child you hate them or for an adult to cuss out a child. Might be different for others here but the damage the words did has lasted WAYYYY longer and goes deeper than being beat.

I see nothing wrong with spanking as a corrective measure depending on the child. Take a child like my brother. He didn't care if he was grounded, he didn't care if he got money or lost money, our parents even tried taking away christmas and his birthday one year because he refused to bring his grades up and caught the rug on fire playing with a lighter. Therapy didn't work, time out didn't work he simply did not care. Spanking worked. It took three spankings in four years but he quit playing with fire and got on the A/B honor roll until he finished high school.