The California spanking law essentially states that a parent may spank a child on the buttocks with an open palm hand. If you leave a mark that lasts more than 24 hours or you use any other object besides your open palm hand you have broken the law. Now most people reading this are thinking that their parents would have been put in jail, and feeling that is ridiculous – and you are right. We did not have research on the outcomes of spanking back then. Children’s Protective Services was not even born until 1974.
Article on Kate Goesslin spanking Leah can be seen here. Photo by Ant Griffith.
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