[marajade]

Did you read the entire article? The youth has been physically and verbally abused by the mother.

[oh8eleven]

The youth has been physically and verbally abused by the mother.
From the article: "Police said the boy told them his mother yelled at him and slapped him."

You call that abuse? LOL - you must not have been alive back when parents had rights.

[CindyDawg]

I read it. While I don’t think yelling is a good idea, because you lose control and often say things you don’t mean and get on the kids level, I don’t condider it abuse. As for slapping, I’m old school. If one of mine had cursed me I would have popped them in the mouth, no questions asked.

[libh8er]

Yelling is not abuse. Slapping/ spanking is not abuse. Even cracking the belt now and then is not abuse. What IS abuse is what children are exposed to during school hours.