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/^t/Bringing up a child is never an easy task. Everyday, parents have to deal with many various problems, and hardly ever can they find satisfactory solutions. One such problem is the issue of correction and punishment. Unfortunately, many parents underestimate it and often chose the simplest way of solving it - they smack their child if it misbehaves. As it is a generally accepted practice, not everyone realizes it may be not the proper one. They often don't see how cruel and contemptuous it is, and that it usually results from the parents' lack of interest and care. However, there are people who try to find some other ways of child correction that can well substitute smacking.