Although they were used as a method to correct and educate children for many years, it is more than proven that whipping or physical punishment does not work, and even causes long-term damage to children.
Many countries currently ban beats as a method of correcting children, and we have learned from fathers and mothers who go to trial because of beating their children to correct them. The most recent case has been that of a mother in Pontevedra, who was convicted of giving two slaps to her 10-year-old son.
According to information from La Voz de Galicia, the situation was as follows: mother and son were at home and when she asked him to bathe, the boy did not want to. After arguing, the mother gave two slaps to the child, which caused erythema on his cheeks.
In Babies and more Children and adolescents are less violent in countries where corporal punishment is prohibitedAll this happened in May 2018, but recently the case was brought to trial because the mother was reported. As a result, the Pontevedra Provincial Court sentenced her to two months in prison for a crime of abuse in the field of domestic violence, with the option of replacing the sentence for community work because it lacks background.
But in addition to this sentence, a restraining order was also imposed, in which for six months you can not be less than 200 meters from your child.
During the trial the mother's defense considered that her behavior should be understood as protected by the right of correction, but this was rejected and the conviction was based saying that: "Reprimand in the event of a possible disobedience of the child can never justify the use of the violence that the defendant exercised".
Although various media broke the news, it is not specified who has been the person who reported the mother, but it is known that the child received medical attention right after the incident, although he did not need further medical treatment.
Other parents who have been punished by law
Although the news may be controversial, This is not the first case of a father or mother who is convicted of physically punishing their children. Some time ago the Criminal Court number 1 of Almería sentenced a father to seven months in prison for hitting his 15-year-old daughter for being late home.
Also, a mother was denounced for slapping her 11-year-old son, although she was eventually acquitted because according to the judge, her reaction was justified. A more recent and unfortunately tragic case happened in Japan, a country where after two children died at the hands of their parents, physical punishment was finally banned.
Many people do not know and perhaps the news of the mother sentenced to prison and with restraining order may surprise them, but in Spain hitting a child is a crime, as indicated in article 153, where explicitly sanctions all kinds of domestic violence against children with "imprisonment from six months to one year or work for the benefit of the community".
