According to Gallup Organization (1995), it was noted that the parents hit 74% of children under the age of 5 years. Ninety percent of parents spanked their children under the age of 3 years (Wauchope, 1990). The approval of these parents to physically discipline their own children leads to approval of such measures by school authorities towards their students (Bauman, 1998). In a legal principle derived from English law of 1970, teachers are considered to be authority figures that may act like parents to discipline the child just as their parents do (Conte, 2000).