Smacks on the face with your hands usually tells kids that they better fall in line or something worse might happen. I think it is a perfectly rightful thing for a parent to do, because it tell the kids that you aren't playing and mean that they better stop what they are doing.
Unless it's a really young child, I don't think 'pops' on the butt is always successful. Smacks or slaps on the face leaves the stinging pain that most children don't forget for a while.
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