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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spanking is a swat on the butt. A smack across the face is NOT a spanking. Yes you're allowed to spank your kid if you're too lazy to parent unfortunately, but you are not allowed to physically punish your child in whatever way you please. He has triplets and probably had a long day?? Seriously? Is it okay for me to smack my boss when I've had a long day, or my husband? Why is it okay to do to a child?[/quote]

OP did not see that he had smacked her on the face. She said she heard a smack and it MIGHT have been the face, or shoulder. And if it could have been the shoulder, it could have been the arm. I know I'm damn sure not going to walk up to a father of 3 and accuse him of abuse if I'm not even 100% sure where he smacked the kid.

When I see abuse, I KNOW it is abuse. There's no denying it. OP was clearly unsure of what she saw because she can't definitively say where the child was smacked, she did NOT confront, and then she came here to question everything that happened. I'm sorry, you just can't get police or CPS involved unless you are firm in what you have seen or witnessed and you know it is abuse. If cops and CPS are getting dragged in, it's bad for the parents AND the kids, and unless you are positive that you have seen the parent abusing their child (and I mean actually ABUSING, not just parenting in a way you don't agree with, e.g. spanking), you are better off not going down that path. I'm not saying "MYOB all the time forever so kids can keep getting abused." But definitely MYOB if you're not even sure you saw abuse. Getting those authorities involved has real consequences for everyone and it's not something I take lightly. [/quote]

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