I am quite horrified at the amount of my Mum friends who are talking about smacking at 20m

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My NCT/babygroup friends are all talking about starting to smack soon - or children are all around 20m. I didn't think it was common practise at all, certainly not at this young age - I mean, they are still babies.
We have made the decision not to smack but realise this is our choice and not everyone is the same. I am quite strong on it as I was hit and smacked a lot as a child and adolescent and it affected me in a negative way. I realise everyone does what is right for them, but I am quite disgusted at my calm, quite passive friends friends talking like this when their children are just displaying normal toddler behaviour and feeling the odd one out...surely there is no evidence that they learn anything from smacking at this young age?

Hmmmm, I was smacked a lot as a kid and indeed, smacked WITH things if you can call that smacking.

Frankly if I hit my ds at all I would be thoroughly ashamed of myself. And god help my mother if she tries to suggest that hitting children is constructive.