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Hitting children teaches them to use violence to solve every problem.
Not wise.
If they're going to remain children forever (mentally retarded) or if you use that method beyond a certain maturity level, agreed.
However, there's nothing wrong with using corporal punishment properly.
In my previous words, I stated what my parents would have done. Personally, I am sure they could have raised me better if there were fewer episodes where I got whipped. I vividly recall several incidents where it was simply the wrong method to use. But that's hindsight.
I have seen abusive parents who actually beat children. It's not pretty, and it's not right. There is a very real difference between a beating and properly used corporal punishment. In many cases, these parents are lashing out and using the child as a target to vent their own anger. It tends to run in families, too.
Corporal punishment is not a solution to the world's woes. But it has its place in raising a child. There are exceptional parents who raise their children so well that a child may never need a whipping. There are exceptional children who always try so hard to do the things that their parents consider acceptable that they never get whippings. These are, by definition, exceptional.
If a child reaches for a hot iron, do you just say, 'No' and wait for him to touch it anyway? Or do you pop his hand and say 'No'?