Hitting a child with a switch can open wounds in their skin that will bleed and may lead to infection.

Can your parents hit you with a belt. Notifying an adult other than the abuser is the most important part of dealing with abusive parents. Let your parents know why you dislike being. In some jurisdictions a parents right to use corporal punishment is provided for in legislation eg New South Wales while in others it is provided for by the common law judge-made law eg Victoria.

However most likely DCFS will investigate you along with the police. The physical punishment has to be considered as reasonable. Many parents feel spanking is an appropriate form of punishment.

Some states like Missouri have specifically excluded spanking from the definition of abuse. No one is allowed to use extreme force to hurt you but it is not against the law for your parents to use physical punishment such as a smack. Do you really want to take a.

Such persons could be prosecuted by law while the law usually has not noticed proper. The case law defines excessive corporal punishment. This leaves parents who practice other forms of disciplinary.

The likelihood is that you will go over the line. First of all I am SO SORRY this happens to you. Some nervous parent could hit his or her child in the other parts of body such as the bare genitals but it has not been regarded as proper punishment and has been condemned by public opinion citation needed.

There is something seriously wrong at home. It will get better. Your father will not have the power to hit you for much longer.