| If it's a swat like a mother cat will swat a kitten when he's 'acting up', then it's okay - swat as in a painless tap or push to warn of danger (fire), etc. But I have to say, there's a world of difference between a swat and a hard spanking (hitting).
I remember vividly seeing my mother regurlarly hitting one of my brothers (the Bart Simpson of our family). She kind of went coocoo once, and broke a wooden child's chair over him.
If your hand is hurting after a 'spank', you're not swatting - you're hitting, and to me that's just as wrong as hitting another adult, (if not more so).
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 Aaachou!
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