I'm not really sure what you're rambling about. Striking someone literally is physical violence, that isn't debatable unless you start arguing about your own personal definitions of words. Wolves don't

The act of slapping literally is physical violence though. So you have to either physically or emotionally abuse your child? There's no option for not doing either, and avoiding the lasting negative impacts?

If you 'can still bring up a productive child without smacking' then why is there no harm in smacking? If it's just as effective to parent your child without use of physical violence, surely using physical