To find it weird that smacking kids is still normal?

I don't think it is normal.

A few people with outdated views doesn't mean it's normal. You don't see/hear people threaten to smack their children in public any more, or see it happening. If you did see it happening most people would be shocked. I remember the whole room going into a shocked silence when a mum smacked her toddler's hands (repeatedly and quite hard) at a toddler group and that was about 15 years ago! So I think it has not been normal in the UK for a long time, except perhaps among certain social demographics. OTOH about 25 years ago I think it was seen as normal, even though it wasn't considered excellent parenting. I remember comedians joking about "why parents take their children to the supermarket to smack them". That wouldn't make a lot of sense as a joke now.

It’s not normal. I don’t know anyone who smacks their kids, and I’ve never witnessed anyone smacking their kids. It’s something people are very negative about in my experience.

I havent heard anyone say anything like this in about 20 years. I really can't think that this is in any way still considered to be a normal PoV.

It's basically an adult assaulting a child.

It certainly isn't still normal. Not where I'm from anyway, and I love in a rough working class town.

I don't think it's 'normal' at all. It's not something anyone in my social circle or family would consider acceptable. I appreciate that it will be normalised within some families and communities, but I think it is widely considered morally questionable now.

The fact that it is still legal in England is indefensible given that there is now a wealth of evidence that smacking is psychologically damaging and does not even have the desired impact of improving behaviour. Hopefully we will follow Scotland and Wales and outlaw it very soon.

It's not even slightly normal. I don't know anyone who does it or anyone who thinks it's normal. There are weird people on the extremes of literally all behaviours and belief - that doesn't mean that it's normal.

It's not normal, why do you think it is?

I don’t think it is normal anymore, it’s illegal in Scotland and Wales (not sure about NI). Hopefully England will do the same soon.

Totally agree with you like anyone ever says ‘Oh I’m so grateful I was smacked growing up it really helped me become a better person.’ It was taken too far, used for every frustration and there are so many other methods of discipline available, that the older I get the less I understand why it was a very normal part of life. I think it causes more harm than good. Violence does seem to be much more prevalent nowadays but I’m not sure if it is or if it’s much more documented and recognised now. When I was little though you had to actually see stuff in every day life, where kids today have access to media and technology meaning they can see stuff all over the place and I think parents forget to vet that as much and make sure everything is age appropriate. A lot of people defend smacking saying kids today are more aggressive and violent not thinking about the sources they’re seeing this behaviour. Besides treating people the way you want to be treated is my kind of vibe. I teach mine it’s not ok for me to do to them anything I wouldn’t like them to do to me x