Last Monday night our 6-year-old son wouldn't settle down, it was 11PM on a school night and he was up and literally wrecking his room, my wife tried everything she could think of and finally had enough, and finally gave him one good swat on the butt. That settled him right down and he went to bed. The next day at school he mentioned it to a teacher. Thursday morning a social worker came calling. She had already been to the school and talked to my son, and said she didn't feel he was in "imminent danger", but she still wants to do a follow-up interview with us this coming Wednesday and see our house. We are just sick about this. We hardly ever spank our kids, we always do it as an extreme last resort, we are a very close-knit, loving family- my wife and I together work over 100 hours a week and still take our kids to extra-curricular activities at least 3 nights a week. My wife is terrified that they'll be like "Oops, dust in the corner, we're taking your kids!" What can we do? :(
2007-11-19
12:41:57
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Marc B.
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