It could have been, but some parents insist on percussive methods. (I too was hit for dropping my school uniform on my bedroom floor. )

Which I meant to be a topic sentence, and hit "send" too soon. I was talking about childrearing with some of my coworkers and was pretty delighted to hear that few of them hit their kids ever and none do frequently.

Speaking of work why do people keep making me do it? runs off again