New spanking law?

I personally don't spank my kids as punishment - I don't need too. On the other hand my 24 year old cousin spanks her kids. She was at the dentist with her 2 boys and was 8 months pregnant. Her 2 year old was acting awful so she grabbed him, slapped his hand and said "knock your sh** off". The receptionist called the cops and they were waiting for her when they came out of the appointment. This was in June and she still has SS visiting her house at random monthly. I personally don't think kids need to be spanked, but the parent should get to decide (without crossing the abuse line of course). Whats next, I take my kid to McDonalds for his B-Day and let them have a cheeseburger w/ fries and a coke and I get charged w/ nutritional neglect???
I think they could find a much better way to use our tax dollars than to tell decent people that their bad parents.

There is already laws for abuse, so enough is enough. dont tell us how to raise our children to..i spank. i truly believe in it..the trick is, to never have to use it...my son is 11. he has had maybe 2 spankings his whole life. one pat on the butt. thats it. he knows i would if i needed to, so he behaves. i believe that children today are given to many priviledges. no one wants to hurt their feelings. then, when disappointment comes, they dont no how to handle it. you have suicide, murders, alcohol, and drug addictions. they need boundaries. everyone does. they need to know how to handle disappointments in life and that they have consequences when they do wrong. it makes u a stronger person. a spanking never hurt anybody. just gets their attention. and teaches consequence. my son is very polite, very well mannered, and very outgoing. he and i are super close. inseperable almost. its wonderful. i think if parents taught consequence and boundaries more, the world would be a better place, like it was when we were young....we didnt sass, commit murder, or kill ourselves over losing a girlfriend/boyfriend. we knew what was expected. and we were still happy children...

This was a good well-rounded answer for either side. Everyone will have their opinions.

OMG Mma, funny you should mention that, my girlfriends 15 year old son was getting into trouble alot, and ended up on probation, the other day they had a meeting with the probation officer and they went to Mcdonalds first, only for her to get chewed out by his PO, and told how Un-nutricious it was!!