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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a therapist. This would have to be reported.

And I agree with the PP, this should not be your biggest concern.[/quote]

What? Because he grabbed the kid? God help our culture if we think it's better to lock up a parent or divorce him because he grabbed his kid too hard in a moment of frustration. Where is the compassion? Where is the proportionality? It really doesn't sound like he was trying to hurt the kid. Maybe he didn't realize how much force he was applying. Maybe he didn't realize the point at which he woudl leave a mark. And what's "a mark," anyway - a bruise? The slight discoloration in skin that comes from pressure or heat and then dissipates after a few seconds? As long as he now acknowledges that he squeezed too tight, I think everyone needs to get over it.[/quote]

I agree. What the husband did is bad, but not "reporting level" bad, in my opinion. If the therapist And if both parents are willing to try therapy, clearly they are doing something.

There is a specific subset of the USA, well-represented on DCUM, that makes no difference whatsoever between varying levels of harm. They are scandalized and seek to ostracize anyone who does the least shadow of anything.

It's not helpful in practice. You can seek to educate and train those who err in a small way, and report and punish those who err in a serious way. There is a gradient. It's not all black and white.

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