Disagree because:
I was raised with daily beatings and was a shit kid.
My wife (now ex) and I made the decision early on to not hit our kids. (Twin boys).
At a young age they learned to say “yes dad, no dad” and to respect their mom like they did their own lives.
They are now 17 and still treat their mom with crazy respect and rarely, if ever, talk back to us. Daily, even in public they tell us that they love us.
I don’t want my kids to fear physical violence from me, I want them to fear disappointing me.
To add -
Too many parents wait until kids are near teenage before implementing rules and expectations. That’s way too late. It needs to begin when they are toddlers. Something my ex used to fight me about, but now she thanks me.