Reply To: To Potch or Not to Potch

I didn’t read through the whole thread, so forgive me if I am being repetitious, but a big rav, I forgot who (i’ll post it when I remember) said a child should get a potch if he either runs into the street, or plays with fire. The reason why years ago hitting was acceptable is because then they knew HOW to hit (no, not on the hand or the leg…. but rather out of anger or to sincerely teach a lesson- without any traces of anger).Nowadays, we don’t know how to hit the proper way , meaning not of anger, and so we are not able to hit our kids today unless the above circumstances apply.