The audacity that half of these comments have to say about this is insane. (Heck, I’ve actually seen how wrong your methods are from self-experience, and have a solution for this without using either one!)

Better method: You can talk to the kid seriously about how this is bad, and that she could’ve gotten hurt. To even add a bonus for her actions to have an unlikely chance of happening again, cut off dessert as a way to make it clear that what she did was bad. - You need to make the message clear that what she did was wrong, and only then can the child learn that it was wrong of her to do this. - Hitting the kid will install something called fear. The Will fear you more than love you, and eventually see it as okay to punish her whenever she’s done something wrong. - Dealing with the situation with rewards will make the kid see this as good behavior. Once you do this, it will be hard to teach your kid the rights and wrongs of their actions.

Remember, Physical abuse is not okay, and nor is rewarding their actions. Only use Rewards when it’s deserved, and NEVER use physical abuse. Even as a back-up plan.