Parental discipline and child abuse: the line between them can sometimes be fuzzy, as in the recent high-profile case of NFL star Adrian Peterson. Peterson is currently appealing the NFL's decision to suspend him indefinitely, after he disciplined is 4-year-old son with a switch.
Youth Radio's Brandon McFarland has been reflecting on his own experience with childhood spankings, and talking to young people in Oakland about their perspectives.
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