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>Another article in full: > > >New York Court Rules That Spanking A Child Does Not >Count As Abuse > >Written by Sonya Eskridge > >Published onJuly 22, 2014 > >Congratulations, parents! You can now spank your kids >without it counting as abuse in New York. > >The state Appellate Division ruled today in the case >of Long Island dad that spanked his 8-year-old son, >deciding that it “was a reasonable use of force.” > >Today’s decision overturned one made by a Suffolk >County Family Court judge last year, stating that the >father had gone to far when he swatted his son with an >open hand for swearing at a family friend’s party in >2012. When they got home, the father supposedly pulled >out a belt and administered an old-fashioned whooping! > >The action was found to be abuse because the judge >believed that the dad inflicted “excessive corporal >punishment” on the boy. > >Judges at the appellate court ruled, though, that the >punishment fit the crime. > >“The father’s open-handed spanking of the child as >a form of discipline after he heard the child curse at >an adult was a reasonable use of force,” the panel >explained in its decision, “and, under the >circumstances presented here, did not constitute >excessive corporal punishment.” > >A similar cases have been tried in California, where a >mother popped her 12-year-old daughter on the behind >for cutting out of line. A judge ruled that the action >should not result in the mother being labeled as an >abusive parent.
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