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Avram: See Mishlei 13:24, 23:13, Shulchan Aruch OC 551:18, YD 245:10, 240:19-20, Rama, Pischai Tshuva and Birchai Yosef and Rambam Dayos.

And Ashkenazim permit hitting a child until the age of 22 (unless married.)

חוֹשֵֹ֣ךְ שִׁ֖בְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵ֣א בְנ֑וֹ וְ֜אֹהֲב֗וֹ שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹ מוּסָֽר

אַל-תִּמְנַע מִנַּעַר מוּסָר: כִּי-תַכֶּנּוּ בַשֵּׁבֶט, לֹא יָמוּת.
אַתָּה, בַּשֵּׁבֶט תַּכֶּנּוּ; וְנַפְשׁוֹ, מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּצִּיל.