Many parents would agree that severely beating your child is not only immoral but also illegal but it can be difficult to separate illegal beatings from state-sanctioned spankings.

Is hitting your own child illegal. It is OK to complain and to talk to someone and get help. It is still legal for parents and guardians to physically punish children in Australia and in some states corporal punishment of pupils by teachers is also legally permitted. Physical Hitting shaking kicking pinching slapping throwing hair pulling and burning the child with scalding water or other hot objects.

10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Child. The trouble is reasonable punishment isnt really defined in the legislation meaning the decision about whether a smack is reasonable or not depends on the individual circumstances of each punishment. States and the District of Columbia.

But if you go overboard and seriously harm your child thats considered child abuse and is absolutely illegal. So on March 19 the Cabinet submitted a bill to the Diet Japans national parliament that would make it illegal for parents to enact corporal punishment on their children. In Delaware for example state law forbids a.

The answer to the above question according to the current law is. And the smacking of kids by teachers nursery workers and child care. Other families believe that spanking is a form of child abuse.

Pretty soon you will be giving yourself permission to hit your child for even the slightest infraction because you will have become addicted to that rush of relief you get from hitting someone. Spanking or paddling isnt considered abuse as long. You do not have to put up with child abuse.

It is illegal for teachers nursery workers and child care workers to smack another persons child. Many families strongly believe in spanking as a means of punishment for example. However if your parents are using more than a little bit of force or they hurt you more than they should for someone your age or maturity this can be against the law.