The above is not intended as legal advice.

Is it illegal to slap your child in the face in texas. The short answer is no spanking is not illegal as long as it is reasonable discipline. Its Legal in Texas Spanking is a tried and true method of child discipline used by countless generations of parents wanting to raise their children into healthy and productive adults. When I worked for CPS we got a lot of face slapping reports.

Spanking or physically disciplining children is legal in Texas as long its reasonable and doesnt cross the line into abuse. I would think it legal. Rarely did the parent get a pass.

Of course the purpose of a spanking is to cause pain so a child will associate painful consequences with a bad choice. If you are under investigation or have been charged in connection with disciplining a child give us a call. No especially if it leaves any mark even redness that someone gets a picture of or witnesses.

Suggest that you carefully select a psychologist to assist you with developing an effective approach. Other families believe that spanking is a form of child abuse. The short answer is that spanking is not illegal in the State of Texas under most circumstances.

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. The problem is one persons slap is another persons abuse. Hitting your child across the face wont effectively help there behaviour as the ends do not justify the means.

1 found this answer helpful. Some may tolerate and others wont. Personally Id slap the kid and tell her to do whatever she wanted to do about it.