Consider this hypothetical scenario:
A 10-year-old boy mouths off to a man on the street; His
mother is with him. She slaps him in the face and yells at him, making clear he
must never, ever do something like that again.
Is that child abuse?
According to the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to
Violence a widely touted survey from some of America’s leading family violence
researchers, a survey used to measure the supposed prevalence of child abuse in
America, the answer is yes.
The survey asks this question:
“Not including spanking on (his/her /your) bottom, did a
grown-up in (your child’s/your) life hit, beat, kick, or physically hurt (your
child/you) in any way?”
Now let’s change the hypothetical slightly ...
Read the full commentary in Youth Today and WitnessLA
