[templar]

I don't think it is illegal - from Milan to Heathrow.

Maybe not. I recall reading something in the paper a year or so ago about some EU court getting ready to order England to outlaw spanking. Don't know if it ever actually hapenend though, or if it would apply in this case if it did.

[Calpernia]

Whether spanking was legal or illegal is irrelevant here. It is a 2 year old. Pick him up, put him in the chair, buckle him in. Unbelievable! (not you, the lack of parental control)