Hmm, whenever I was slapped by my parents as a child, it never left any sort of mark or pain. And it never came across my mind to tell anyone about it because I knew that if I told a teacher for example, she’d call the Child Care Authorities who’d then take my parents away from me. I certainly didn’t want that to happen.
Different parents..different methods. It doesn’t mean that my parents were any less competent than yours.
My parents never hit me in front of others.
But I don’t get what damage one thappar would do to a child’s entire life?