[Faceman]

I agree with you to some extent Paladin.
It actually IS everybody's own decision how to raise his/her children and I am good with that. I am NOT (at least I hope so) going to punish my kids physically once I get kids (which I plan to some day).
I also would not advise anybody to do so but my main point is that IF you spank your children then losing temper is the worst occasion for it. Normally in my arguments I use family as the smallest society to describe problems in big society. I am now going to reverse that

Your child has the right to a fair trial AND a well-considered sentence=punishment. Hitting a child because of losing temper is similar to lynching and I'm sure we all know a ton of arguments why that is bad.

IF you decide to use physical punishment on your child at least do it for his/her educational sake and not to vent your rage. I know that this is difficult and unrealistic because who would want to hit his own child after he/she has cooled off but that's exactly the point. Punishment IS an educational measure and will be necessary sometime. So give it good thought and don't screw it up in the heat of the game.