You see your child misbehaving, and you tell him to stop. He ignores you, and you tell him again. You are getting frustrated. He says "OK, I will", then 10 minutes later the same thing is going on. You're really angry now. It feels like your authority as a parent means nothing. If other adults are around then it's even worse, you feel ineffective and inadequate. So you yell, "I TOLD YOU TO STOP THAT RIGHT …
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…not be tolerated. This is abuse. *Physical punishment should never involve a slap or blow to the head. This would also be abuse. *Physical punishment which causes injury (intended or unintended injury) is child abuse. None of the experts goes so far as to recommend spanking, or other forms of physical punishment, as a form of child discipline. However, most of the social science witnesses and professionals have agreed that spanking is not child abuse