I believe IT'S WRONG to whoop kids!

Why is it that child abuse is outlawed but an occasional whipping is tolerated by law enforcements?
If it doesn’t bruise, it is alright? As children grow up many parents tell their children, “if someone puts their hands on you, don’t fight back, tell an adult.” Well what happens when an adult hits you? Parents do not want to be told how to raise their children yet they throw hypocritical ideas at children all the time. The mere whipping of a child, no matter the minority of the hit, is not right. I believe whooping a child is wrong.
Every parent wants a “good” child. The definition of a good child is one of which follows the rules, does great in school, and is respectable. A child is not good unless they do everything right; one wrong decision could cost a young child a reputation. I for instance, have a 13 year old cousin named Covaciè. His mother was barely around to raise him yet if he was suspended from school for fighting she was the first to get the call. I recall him telling me stories of how she would wait for him to get home and when he walked in the house he went straight to his room for his whipping. He did not rebel, just waited. The lashes would sting against his backside but they did not change his mind at all about fighting. He even said that he did not believe she had the right to hit him but it was his mother and he would never hit her back. Covaciè told me that he did not understand how the whipping could affect him. He received a whipping for hitting someone and his mother said it was wrong to put your hands on anyone, yet her form of punishment was hitting him. Today he lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his grandparents. He goes to school, plays sports, and has not been suspended. This whole time he has been in Madison his grandparents never whooped him, they just talked out their problems with him and occasionally grounded him from the computer. So did the whippings matter? Did they make him a better person in or was it better for him to live with grandparents that never have laid a hand on him? It seems that talking to him about issues made him choose better paths and want to achieve. Whipping children does not make them “good” but rather rebellious or dishonest.
Telling the truth to your parents about a bad situation is hard for most children. All they can think about is the consequences. No child wants to get a whooping especially if they are going to get it for telling the truth, so they lie. My younger brother is 7 years old and 2 weeks ago he got hit by a car. The car was only going about 8 miles per hour so he didn’t get hurt just bumped in the legs. He played outside the rest of the day and acted as if nothing happened. At around 10 p.m. our next door neighbor came over and asked my mother if my brother was alright. The neighbor explained how she accidently bumped him with the car while pulling in the drive way. He was running across the street and she was terribly sorry. When my mom asked my brother if he got hit, he denied it. He denied it for about 30 minutes before he finally confessed that he got hit but he was not hurt. Some many wonder, why did he lie? See in our house if you do not follow the rules you get a whooping. He had crossed the street to get his ball when it rolled out of the drive way. While doing so our neighbor was pulling in on the other side. They collided but there wasn’t a scratch on my brother. He was not supposed to be in the road but because he was scared he would get a whooping, he lied. He told my mom nothing happened. What if he was hurt badly? He should have been able to tell my parents that he got hit without fear. I think fear of whippings drives children to lie more.
Lying, fear, and rebelling, are all aspects of children’s emotions when they get in trouble. Children should be able to be open with their parents and talk about the problems or mistakes they make. Parents should not hit a child for making a mistake but rather let them learn from it on their own. I believe that whipping children is wrong.