Feel awful

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My daughter of 10 year old started reading my messages so I slid my phone out of her hand. She swung her bag and water bottle at me and metal bottle hurt my back. In self defense I tapped her bottom now I feel awful. Her dad making huge deal out of it first time tapped her bottom lightly. I would never harm my child so scared he going to report me.

I’d wonder what her consequences are for her behaviour, both reading your messages and swinging her bag at you.

A tap on the bottom is not equal to swinging a heavy bag and water bottle at you. Nor for reading private information. She'll survive and maybe learn a lesson that you can't attack people.

Are you sure it was just a ‘tap’ and not a wallop ??

Sounds like a reasonable response. I don't really believe in smacking generally but it was an instinctive response to being hit. And at that age they do need to learn not to push our limits.