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/^t/Although so much have been sad about its harmful effect smacking is still a generally accepted practice. Hardly anyone tries to control and limit it even if there are other ways of child upbringing. They are at least as effective as corporal punishment and don't have that ... side-effects. Parents simply need to use and remember that they are to be guiders not the rulers and that in the long run force is less effective than care and love.