Child abuse is against the law.

Is it against the law to hit your kid. It is lawful for a parent or a person in the place of a parent. It is never okay for an adult to sexually abuse a child provide a child with illegal drugs or to burn or choke a child. It is illegal for teachers nursery workers and child care workers to smack another persons child.

This is why the parents attitude during the spanking leaves as great an impression as the swat itself. The Child Law Advice states. It is illegal for a privately employed babysitter or nanny to smack a child in their care unless the parent has given specific permission.

It is against the law for a parent or carer to smack their child except where this amounts to reasonable punishment. However the line between parenting and child abuse is not always that clear. It is unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child except where this amounts to reasonable punishment.

Last week Welsh parliament passed legislation to make it illegal to smack children. There is no federal law generally governing how parents must conduct themselves with regard to their children which leaves most of the legal guidance on striking your kids with the states. There is also a defence of reasonable chastisement in common law when certain characteristics of the child and the physical correction are considered.

Any use of force on a child cannot be degrading inhumane or result in harm or the prospect of harm. Its perfectly legal to smack a child in Australia. However if a person is employed privately by a parent such as a babysitter or nanny the parent.

In addition to having laws about disciplining children some laws cover other people disciplining children. Spanking opponents may not see the disciplinary act as any different than slapping your child. Pundits and parents have argued for decades over whether spanking is child abuse.