amount of people against spanking their children is surprising compared to the number of people who do use corporal punishment. Studies have shown that approximately 80% of parents use physical discipline such as spanking on their children (UNICEF, 2014). The various reasons for supporting or opposing the use of spanking are what this essay is explaining. Data is connected to each point that is made. One side of this disputed topic is pro-disciplinary child spanking. Spanking as a tactic for discipline
controversial issue that has been widely debated amongst many people. Is smacking children right or wrong? In 2012, according to a nationally representative survey “77 percent of men, and 65 percent of women 18 to 65 years old agreed that a child sometimes needs a “good hard spanking.” Some people agree with smacking children as they believe it authorises discipline, on the other hand, other people are against smacking children as they believe it is an ineffective and immoral way of discipline that only teaches