User blog comment:Anonymous ONI agent/Kids & Halo/@comment-663564-20100618191401

@Matt: Kids aren't adults. It's a matter of how they react to discipline.

@WGB: Those only apply if you can prove the child was spanked. As I was reminded a lot "We don't have to leave bruises."

There is also verbal and mental abuse. My first coach when I began fencing was an ex Navy SEAL, so we got a lot of flak from him that bordered right on the line between pushing/disciplinary talking and outright verbal abuse.