[Havoc]

Well, there is a diffrence between abuse and a corrective spanking. The latter is fine IMO, especialy if you kid doesn't listnen to you even after you told him like ten times. Why do you think all those parrents on the 'how do I raise my kids' shows can't handle their kids. Becouse they don't have the dicipline on showing who is boss and telling the kids who's in controll. Ofcourse beating your kid the moment he does something wrong isn't the way to do it, but giving him a good whack on the backside will not hurt him mentaly at all.
It's the way I have been raised, it's the way most of our parrents have been raised. And none of them came out bad, now did they? So yes, corrective spanking is a big yes from my account, and if I ever have kids (which I hope I will not) I will certainly put that method into practise.

I don't approve of hitting your kids for whatever reason, but not stating the reason. Same goes for screaming. If you punish a kid. Tell him why, otherwise, like Rexy says, he won't know what he did wrong.