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Is it illegal to slap your child in the face in new york. Is illegal and is considered a harmful way of dealing with a childs misbehavior. Allowing your child to witness or participate in illegal including underage drug or alcohol abuse. I think a pertinent question to ask is whether physical punishment is effective.

It is unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child except where this amounts to reasonable punishment. After all it is legal to hit a child in all fifty US. You can be arrested and prosecuted for assault for smacking or physically disciplining your children and if convicted will have a life-long criminal record for abuse of your own children.

In Delaware for example state law forbids a. A court says its OK for parents to spank their kids. A crime to smack your own child by MATTHEW HICKLEY Daily Mail Smacking children under three is set to be outlawed it emerged yesterday.

The dramatic arc of the show based on a best-selling Australian novel and series centers on an adult who disciplines an out-of-control child not his own son with a slap during a backyard barbecueThe subsequent drama that unfolds over the course of eight episodes finds family and friends choosing sides with some agreeing that the unruly child needed a firm hand to be brought into line. Although this may not be your intention this practice would result in a report to the New York State Child Abuse and Maltreatment Hotline also known as the State Central Register SCR. But if you go overboard and seriously harm your child thats considered child abuse and is absolutely illegal.

Call for parents who smack their children. As you can see it is deemed acceptable to smack your child without using excessive force. States differ widely about what precisely is allowed.

So it isnt technically illegal to hit your kid in any state according to Babble. My husband becomes frustrated when our infant wont stop crying. A parent who strikes a child in the face hard enough to leave fingerprints and bruising has used excessive force and can be put on a list of abusive parents a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.