Slapping children is wrong. I believe it is completely unnecessary, and is a glaring example of lazy parenting. Why am I against slapping children? Spanking can not only cause physical damage, it can damage children's self-esteem. Thankfully, in 2015 new measures that effectively amounted to an outright ban on slapping children were introduced here.

Source: Irish Independent January 19, 2018 08:48 UTC