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Is it illegal to hit your child in the face. Physical punishment cannot be used on a child who is unable to learn from the situation because of a disability or some other factor. So it isnt technically illegal to hit your kid in any state. After all it is legal to hit a child in all fifty US.

As the law stands in England Wales or Northern Ireland right now its illegal for a parent to smack their own child except where the smacking is reasonable punishment. 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. The foregoing answer is submitted for informational purposes and is not intended as a specific answer to the question posed.

The person must not hit or slap the childs face or head. Driving under the influence of. 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.

There are better ways to discipline a child that will not result in you suffering negative consequences. Posted on Jul 3 2017. States differ widely about what precisely is allowed.

That corporal punishment of children is legally tolerated is unfortunate. It is illegal to hit children in over thirty countries worldwide but entirely legal in the US. It might sound hard to believe but the United States does not currently have federal laws prohibiting the use of corporal punishment.

Well hitting a child while angry with any implement apart from a bare hand may be unlawful. This includes exposure to alcohol or other drugs in the womb. In some states there is a common law defence permitting parents and sometimes teachers lawfully to administer reasonable corporal punishment while in other states the defence is contained in legislation.