The subjectivity of defining "child abuse"

[AOIILisa]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

There are families (and cultures) where it will always be more than a few times or that few times will be strong enough to leave a mark (at least a whelp).

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I think you will be hard pressed to find a majority that agree with spanking to the point of whelps and bruises.

I just have to jump in here - a whelp is a puppy - I think the word you're looking for is "welt" (a raised mark) - sorry to be the word police !

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I agree. This is really about cultural variations in parenting, historical and contemporary parenting, and why having children should not be the default. Societies need to stop encouraging people to have children and pretending the majority of people just somehow figure it out or somehow make it work.

This 1000x!