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Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense.

To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard.

The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.

If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker.

Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.

In a perfect world, I don't think any man should slap anyone.

For me, the toughest thing for kids to deal with is when the parents are fighting. It's not violence on them - it's the feeling of violence in the family.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.