I don't understand why as a society, we are not allowed to physically punish bad children.
“I don’t understand why as a society, we are not allowed to physically punish bad children.”
While not knowing the laws in all 50, I believe in most states you can. Even in California, the teachers can mete out corporal punishment, but no one does it for fear of lawsuits.
As for parents, however, you can’t hit or slap them anywhere on the head, and you can’t leave a welt.
Of course, this was before 2001, so other laws may have passed since then?