I only saw a few seconds where he made her turn over, and I thought, he spanked her with his hand... hard.. I don't recall any audio, but.. I have disciplined several of our children, much the same as I observed in that few seconds. I get good and angry, at rebellion, and administer corporal punishment with my open hand, to the butt hard enough to hurt my hand.. I do it in anger, anger at the rebellion, but I do not sin in it.. I know my strength, and know the limits needed, and I know how long to administer the spanking. Well, past tense, as our children are well grown up and all use the same kind of discipline as we did.
It has been easy for satan to pervert even the elect's perceptions on what constitutes good discipline, and our society is paying dearly for it. We have chosen to believe him over God's Word.
It is so sad to see a young mother trying to "reason" with a 3 or 4 year old screaming to get his way in the candy aisle. We never had that problem past a day or so..
I doubt I needed to spank any of our children more than 3 times (one child excepted) or so in their lives. Prov 22:15 The rod drives foolishness "far from him". Once crime and punishment, and expectations are understood and accepted, there is little (if any) corporal punishment needed.