Slapping, hitting, burning, or tossing are all considered forms of child abuse that have a negative physical and mental impact on children. Thus, it should not hurt to be a child as the child instead starts to believe that punishment is reasonable and proper conduct for a parent, that misbehaving children misbehave because they are «bad,» and that «bad» children deserve to be injured since it is too difficult to imagine that a loved parent is purposefully hurting him.