IT'S one of the most widely spoken about hot topics among mums, and it seems the majority of Warwick mothers approve of smacking as a form of discipline.

We posed the question to a number of local mums on the street and on social media, and the results were quite decisive.

While Susan Kynaston doesn't smack her kids, she knows some mums who do.

"What works for your kid might not work for others," she said.

For some parents who do chose to smack their kids, they see a difference between a smack on the bum and something more severe.

Rebecca Smith said there was a difference between smacking and flogging a child.

"I think smacking is fine," she said.

"I think it all depends on what parents are comfortable with."

On social media, parents were divided on the issue.

"There's a difference between discipline and abuse," Barbara Green wrote.

For Sandy Bee, words do nothing for her kids.

"Nothing wrong with a good smack if need be," she wrote.

"As long as the parent isn't using excessive force.

"Never hurt me and I've never been in trouble with police."

For Joyce Holder, as her kids have gotten older she's found other ways to discipline them.

"They are getting too old and big for a smack on the butt now," she wrote.

"Grounding and taking stuff off works better."

But she doesn't see anything wrong with a tap on the butt.

"Sorry but if I see any child doing something dangerous like trying to poke something in a power point I will smack the hand away from the danger," she wrote.

"It's not to hurt or discipline them but to save them from possible harm."