If it is not permissible to beat an adult, why should it be permissible to do so to a child?
[The Committee on the Rights of the Child]
I know the topic has been done to death - and I am NOT trying to start a new argument!
however I think this was a really useful link for information etc especially for anyone confused about the legal defence for hitting someone:
www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/pdfs/hittingwrong.pdf
www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/frame.html
www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/frame.html