what do you mean by comments like "maybe if the government wouldn't prohibit parents from doing what they need to do." if what i'm about to say is incorrect ignore this entirely.... cuz i can only assume

but do you honestly think hitting a child is going to keep them from doing wrong? i wasn't spanked or hit growing up, my grandma didn't believe in it... i grew up to be a pretty respectable person, about the only thing i actually constantly do that's 'wrong' is smoke weed... i had friends who grew up getting hit/spanked/beat by their parents... lets just say none of them turned out to well..

like i said, if that's not what you're getting at then ignore this post, but that's the only thing i can think that the goverment prohibits the parent from doing to their kid.