To think other than the obvious reasons , smacking children is bad because..

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It's actually quite lazy....

I can't articulate my point of view the smackers of the world though, and how a smack 'makes them learn' or 'it never did me any harm' responses.

AIBU to think being very smacky is too quick and easy and doesn't really count as discipline??

Got smacked a couple of times when I was a child for serious things, stopped doing them; it worked. Not necessarily terrifying with lasting mental effects or whatever.

Probably better methods of discipline though.