Could you be breaking the law by spanking your children? Some say you could be charged with child abuse. Is corporal punishment legal in the state of Oklahoma?
A mother in South Carolina named Debra Harrell went to jail earlier this month, charged with “unlawful conduct towards a child.” Whatever she did must’ve been well-deserved, right? Not so much. Harrell’s alleged crime: Her daughter was “left behind at a nearby park, for hours at a time.”