Should parents strike children?

i have a one year old and one on the way and i am the type of parent that agrees with smacking or discipling your chjild but not beating htem. there is never an excuse to beat your child. hse gets a swat well lately here quite a bit. she is learning that when mommy sys no thats what it means pushing to see what she can and cant do. sometimes she laughs it off like nothing happened, other times it hurts her feelings and she immedialtely comes and makes up with me. i do not want to have children that you are ashamed to take in public bc they dont listen and throw temper tantrums bc they dont get their way. she is a very well behaved child compared to most i have seen her age and i dont think i am doing all that bad of a job. she is my world and without discipline she will grow up to be one of those kids in and out of trouble all the time. i do not want that. and i dont give her whatever she wants tyo keep her out of my hair. she is my baby and always will be i want her to have everything. and she will she is very smart. children are not adults and should not be treated as so. they need to play and learn and the onyl way for that to happen is to let them just be kids. i never really got to be a kid bc my parents worked all the time and i was the oldest and had to take care of younger siblings so i want my daughter to enjoy every minute of her youth as well as know right from wrong and not learn behind bars.

I would be loving but disciplinarian. I want my kids to feel loved and cared for but at the same time I want them to know the difference between right and wrong. I would never beat them for their first mistakes but if these becomes habitual, then they would hear from me ^_^

Corporal punishment is out of date! Kids mimic their parents. Do you want to raise a wife beater? Do you want your kids beating your grandchildren? Psychology is not a new idea. Its been around for some time in this liberated world. Sit your kids down and have a dialogue with them. Kids are really just small adults and can understand your problems if they are given a chance. You can be a " strict parent" and never strike your child. Never do anything with your child that you wouldn't want him/her to do with you. After all, we are all in this together! Beating your children is much worse than animal cruelty. In Canada there are laws against both these forms of cruelty. '

I'm a parent, and I have been one for almost 22 years. I have three children...21, 17 and 14. I have never had to strike one of them to teach them how to behave, or to keep them from getting hurt, etc. I think that all human beings, whether adults or children, deserve to be treated with respect...and I don't think hitting someone is respecting them.