In Victoria:
Victoria Police have warned the parents of a primary school child that they can no longer discipline their child with a wooden spoon.
Teachers at Yea Primary School notified authorities after the student told a teacher she was smacked with a wooden spoon.
The Acting Inspector of the Child Abuse unit, Lauren Callaway, says there is a fine line between discipline and assault and it is the job of police to find out when that line has been crossed.
From the ABC
In the UK
A British woman has wound up in court after driving through a puddle and splashing a group of school children waiting at a bus stop.
British media reported the splash-happy culprit came undone after a video of the incident, complete with commentary from her partner, appeared on YouTube.
A male voice can be heard in the clip egging the driver on.
"Here we go, ready to drench the kids," he said.
Following the spectacular splash he chimed in again: "That was brilliant! Awesome!"
The driver voluntarily contacted police and may be prosecuted for 'careless and inconsiderate driving'.
Again the ABC
I don't advocate any form of child abuse, but really splashing people at a bus stop is hardly worthy of police attention. As for wooden spoons- they break long before you do any damage to a child as any parent knows.
There is a difference between positive discipline and assault.
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