smacking children? is it wrong

In some cases spanking is appropriate when he really does not care that you sent him to his room (by the way, isn't his toys there and his computer if he has one? If he has, take it out of his room plus his Tv if he has one, and anything he can have fun with). I do not mean by whipping the living daylights out of the child, I mean a good slap on the rear end with your bare hand or a few times more if he does not heed the warning. You should tell him what he is being punished for. For toddlers and babies, you just slap their hand when they are about to grab or do something and say, "No!" in as firm a voice as you can. There is no need to use the back of the hairbrush, a belt or whatever unless the child is in or near his teens and by then they suffer more by denying them privileges, or telling them they cannot go out with their friends so using an instrument really isn't necessary.

I think hitting a child is 100% wrong. I would never hit my child, no matter what the circumstances. There are so many better things you could do for discipline, such as taking away their favorite toy or making them sit down or not allowing them to do something they were looking forward to. No matter what, I would never resort to hitting my child, and I look down on any parent that does. They are just weak as parents, in my opinion.