And in a world where children face such horrors as forced labour, sex trafficking and military conscription, devoting energy to outlawing parental smacks may strike some people as the wrong emphasis.

• 在一个还充斥着强迫儿童劳动，性交易，做童军的世界里，花精力去消除父母体罚可能会让一些人觉着有点儿小题大做。