Hmmm, I did not see it in this article... Anybody know how old the kid was or what the extent of injury was?? Cant really comment on his case without that. Yes, I know there is plenty of child abuse out there, but simply because he used a switch does not specifically indicate it to me...
I was born in ‘65 and know I never got a switch, but both my parents did... I got a belt or my Dad’s hand, both hard enough to leave a welt... and Mom broke a few wooden spoons on me too. I know one time I stuck my hand back there to block it, I thought she broke my hand... I also got spanked in 3rd grade by a teacher that had a paddle with her name spelled out in holes drilled in the paddle... to cut down on the wind resistance... LOL, My Ass said GROGG for a week... (btw, one of the few teachers names I can remember now at almost 50 years old, from all 12 years of school...)
I have heard the story a 100 times if I heard it once, when I was just under 2 years old, my mom spanked me in a movie theater and somebody called the cops on her. Cop looked at me, listened to her side of the story and said I would have beat his ass too... as he walked away.
Then my oldest son at about 9 years old, did something that I spanked him for and he says I am going to call the cops on you and turn you in for child abuse... I grabbed the phone and said here, I will dial it for you and hit *##... so the phone beeped... He freaked out, screaming no, no, no... and started bawling more than the spanking brought on!
I think it is a pretty hard fact to dispute any more, the lack of discipline by parents and school leads us to the generation of kids we now have... with no respect for anybody including themselves!
There’s a photo back thread of the kids “injuries”....IMO went way over the top ...including hitting his testicles. That’s abuse.