They've made it against the law to discipline our kids in any meaningful way. I used to wash out my older kids mouths with soap (my mom used cayenne pepper), but if I did that with my 2 youngest ones, I'd probably be in trouble. Imagine if duct tape had been invented around the time we were kids ;-p
You sure would, especially if either of them attend government school. A friend of mine was tutoring a high school student for health class last year. He was quite appalled to see instructions in the textbook for students to immediately report parents that spank or yell or make them feel bad emotionally to Child Protective Services.
And, just in case the student might be concerned about how to live if her parents were carted off to jail, the text reassured that the students could collect welfare benefits if needed.