I remember about a year or 4 ago, I can't remember what I did actually, but my dad pinned me to the wall, certainly shocked me tbh, he was never the one to hit me, it was normally my mum slapping my arse, although when you get to a certain age this punishment is more weird than effective. Anyway, yeah, I don't think I ever did anything seriously bad after my dad did that, and I have a brilliant relationship with my dad and mum so no damage was done. I think if a child isn't hit as a kid he won't have any sort of respect for authority with his parents. When you are 14-17 you think you are an adult, so if they don't already have some sort of respect for their parents there is no way they will gain it, whereas if as a child they knew they were properly punished as a child for wrongdoings, they should feel bad an remorse for wrongdoing when they are older.