• Commiunism@beehaw.org
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    30 days ago

    Fun fact: US is one of the few countries in the western world that legally protects violence against your children.

    To contrast this, in most European countries, hitting your child is legally treated the same as hitting any other person or adult - it’s assault, and there are no legal exceptions when it comes to corporal punishment at home.

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      30 days ago

      Child abuse is still illegal here regardless of corporal punishment. You can get CPS called on you for a lot of things that aren’t physical abuse too.

      But of course I’m sure it being illegal in Europe means it’s totally non-existent. If there’s one thing kids are known for it’s having enough awareness to self report their parents bad behavior behind closed doors, right?