Joseph:
You wrote: “To claim there is consensus among today’s Gedolim to ignore the Shulchan Aruch regarding hitting children is absolutely false. To claim there aren’t Gedolim today who fully observe and pasken in accordance with Tanach and the Mechaber in Shulchan Aruch for parents and rebbeim to use corporal discipline with children is not only false but even against what most Gedolim today pasken as.”
This comment of yours is hideous and completely disgraceful. There is no halacha that one must hit a child. Period. That is not chinuch, and has never been chinuch. To cite these blasphemous words in the name of Tanach, Shulchan Aruch, or Poskim is a horrible crime. These are the words of שונאי ישראל who engage in the practice of עושה מעשה זמרי ומבקש שכר בפינחס.
There is a last resort that is awarded to mechanchim, both parents and those in school, to use a שבט to modify behavior. But controlling behavior is not chinuch, and has no role in education. As one commenter here noted, it created fear, but not a drop of Ahavas Hatorah. That is NOT consistent with Tanach, Shulchan Aruch, or any Poskim. Again, stop manipulating these sources of Torah to further your agenda that justifies and glorifies brutality and abuse.
The only place in chinuch for discipline is its use to teach, not to control. Thankfully, the readers of this thread are onto you, and fully aware that Torah never, ever sanctions the blubber you spew. We are also aware of the many reputable sources of guidance from those who know, NONE of whom espouse the strong arm tactics you claim are holy. Shame on you. Go troll somewhere else, and spit your words of blasphemy where Yidden will not be exposed to them.