Only if you leave marks. Even then, there needs to be evidence of a pattern documented by a third party. Unless you put the child's life in imminent danger, and that falls under reckless endangerment more often than not. I've never heard of someone being charged with criminal abuse of a child without rape and/or life-threatening injuries/deficiencies being involved.
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Date: 2010-11-03 12:24 am (UTC)A law is meaningless if it is not enforced.