In the US though it may count as cruelty to a minor, and be illegal. In fact, such cases are rare as the courts are not unreasonable and recognize that parents are not being deliberately cruel. But again the major influence is on the feelings of the children themselves. "The kids say how come other people's parents don't do the same thing?"
黃沛瑛指出，中國家長打孩子，被告到官府事小﹘﹘因為美國法庭也非不講情理，最後終會瞭解，這是父母親在管教小孩，而非有意的虐待兒童，但是影響面較大的是孩子的心理。