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[โ€“] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Hitting your children is legal in all 50 United States.

https://legallyexplained.com/is-it-legal-to-spank-your-child-in-the-us/

My parents will never face justice for hitting my brothers and I. Abuse is legal and normalized here.

[โ€“] guy@piefed.social 8 points 17 hours ago

Yes, it's insane. I know it's legal to hit your children i other parts of Europe as well, like France. Just not "too much or too hard" because that would be assault..

Sweden abolished corporal punishment in schools 1958 and at home 1979(!)