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I should note that child protection laws are there to protect a child from abuse. Parents who abuse their children know what they are doing.

You never beat the **** out of a child. In all the time that I was growing up I was only spanked a few times, and never more than two or three swats.

When I was in the first grade a kid kicked me in face as we layed in the library reading books. His name was Darrel and his uncle was the school principal. He kicked me once, and when he went to do it a second time I bit his leg resulting in some discomfort for him. I did not break the skin, nor did stop him from kicking me. I was in fact kicked many more times. However two days later I was taken to the principals office and spanked by the Principal for biting. He hit me seven times with a big wooden pattle.

After school I went home, and as we ate dinner, toco's, I told my mom and dad that I was spanked at school.

The story gets a whole lot worse but I am not going to get into it. Needless to say that was the worst beating I ever received by an adult, and it was committed by a school offical.

Parents who occationally spank their child or raise their voice at times are not evil, abusive parents. They are simply parents trying to do the best they can within the own little world and to be frank I sincerely believe that the state should stay the hell out of their lives and go after the drug using, homeless parents who would rather take a hit off a crack pipe than feed their kids. Or the parents that are beating their kids.