I think what's interesting is that most people are okay with saying "it happened to me, and I'm fine, so it must be okay." Eh... That's a pretty weak argument. We go through a lot of absolute crap in life, and that doesn't make things okay.
On the flip side, I think it works for some children. Especially the "no one can touch me" ones. But at the same time, the butt whoopings need to have a lesson behind them. I swear some parents whoop their children for just looking at them wrong
that's just a mess.