[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
I do not call being smacked with a ruler for failure to pay attention in class child abuse. I do not call being spanked for failure to follow the rules child abuse. But I doubt you're old enough to understand. You weren't around then. You don't remember what it was like.

How old I am is irrelevant, as are both of your examples above, since neither qualifies for the "beating" descriptor. When you say that children aren't beaten enough, you are stating that children aren't physically injured enough through repetitive blows, since that's basically what the term means.