[Kaosinla]

This isn’t personally directed at you xzins, but as a general comment.

I think that some want to mix their own personal nostalgia of their upbringing with this situation.

Everyone should ask themselves, if your child came home with these week-old physical wounds on him/her (displayed on these pictures) after staying at a relatives or friends home. What would you do?

I, for one, would personally make sure that the person that created these wounds (relative or not) would find out what it is like to be in a wheelchair.

[xzins]

We’re not talking about a non-parewnt punishing your child. We’re talking about a parent punishing his own child. So, of course, if my child came home from someplace with relatives and had received a serious punishment, I’d be all over it.

However, in Peterson’s case we’re talking about a parent, a switching, and the leaving of welts.

I would again say that those welts would not rise and break immediately, and I’d repeat that a switchin’ happens so fast that you’ve got 10 swings with that small limber switch in a matter of seconds.

So, should it be criminal? Nope. Does it require counseling and re-education? Yep. Should the re-education be required by law? Yes. .

But it’s not a felony. A felony is a crime punishable by imprisonment. I believe that’s way out of line. I’m sure there’s a misdeameanor in there someplace in the legal code that actually fits and is appropriate for requiring parenting re-education.