As much as I believe children should be spanked (not hard, and only on their padded little bottoms) when they are inappropriately physically agressive (better to learn that bad behavior can get you "hurt" from mom or dad, than not know it until you get nearly beaten to death in fights when older), I do not belive for one minute that seeing blatant child abuse should go unreported and untreated!

Now if we could only itercede for the young victims of emotional abuse - ah, what a world!!!