When I was living in Tacoma, WA a friend of mine was arrested and her child taken away for 6 months in order to complete an investigation simply because she spanked her 6 year old child in a grocery store. It was one single swat on the bottom when the child was behaving as a monster actually and should've been removed from the store. It was entirely ridiculous and painful to both.


>>>And yet, we are punished for tring to teach are children respect and morals.
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>>Really? How?
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>Perhaps, I over stated myself. Here in America, the schools, the parents, even our churchs are being watch very closely for ANY signs of child abuse. But the definition of child abuse has been getting narrower and nerrower. Our children are being tought this. So if for say, a parent raise their voice to their child, it can be considered as phychological child abuse, and they can charged for it. And as I said, the children know this, and use it against them. This has been my observation, and I hope I am wrong.