Am I a bad parent for occasionally swatting my child?

For me, I am extremely small as a parent. My child is actually not that much smaller than me. Not that is justifies anything, because you're right it's not excusable. I think for me, it's a fear that the disrespectful behavior towards me will further escalate and eventually go beyond what I'm capable of correcting due to him being larger than me. Which will occur in the next few years. I work with him in a lot of other ways that are much healthier and this is certainly not a discipline tactic I take lightly. He is a very rambunctious child and usually that's manageable and I find creative outlets for him. On select few occasions, it feels like an impossible endeavor.

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