1.   Should a parent ever smack a child?

2.   In a museum, women chat self-importantly about the art, pausing to smack their children, who are trashing the exhibits.

3.   Social workers also warned parents yesterday they should not smack their children but try to reason with them.

4.   The accused claimed that he only smacked the child once on the bottom after he misbehaved in the restaurant.

5.   The comments by Carey -- a father of four, who has five grandchildren -- came five months after opposition Labour leader Tony Blair admitted smacking his children.