it is an offence to hit another adult, known as assault??? so what on earth make people think its acceptable to hit a child?? that has no means of fighting back, when there at the age to not even explain themselves. i think its a f**king joke that people hit kids there the ones that need the smack not there children, my mum n dad have never hit me but my dad's dad hit him from when he was a baby to when he was about 16 and then one day when his dad went to hit him my dad stood up and (looking down at his dad) and said i dare you to do it again, and he never did. but is that really when a family should be like? a near physical fight between members? bring it on making it illegal.