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/^t/In order to develop further the subject, one must examine the idea of corporal punishment more carefully. Smacking is, in a way, the first step to punishing your child by means of physical power. Therefore, little children are smacked and slapped for every unproper behaviour. This way of punishing them goes on and on and does not stop until the moment they are adolescents or even adults. Smacking, however, with time is replaced with stronger forms of agression such as hitting or beating. It has been proved by psychologists that parents' agressive behaviour provokes agression in children. Hence, kids who are heavily beaten at home have the tendency to behave violently when playing with their friends and choosing the 'violent' sort of games. In other words, abused parents bring up abusive children and the vicious circle is endless. Therefore, if children are not punished corporally and are not taught the idea of physical strength they are more likely to look for peaceful solutions in future.