When we were doing foster care, we had a family of 4 children from Guatemala (they were migrant workers). The oldest was only 6 years old and was responsible for the younger 3, including an infant all day long every day. One day the father was angry with her because she had played with her friends instead of taking care of the other 3. So he stripped her back bare, hung her by the wrists from the rafters of their cabin and beat her with a belt.
I had to teach that poor child HOW to be a child again when they came here. We had them for several months while Children's Services worked with the parents, teaching them how to discipline in an acceptable way. This was a family committed to doing whatever it took to get their children back and they did really well, eventually being reunited with their little ones.
They had had their kids back for about a year when one day the father called Children's Services. He said to them that the oldest one had gone with them to WalMart and had shoplifted a candy bar. His discipline in the past would have involved beating her. But since he didn't know what to do, he wanted Children's Services to come out and work with his family to help them thru this. They did exactly that. I'd say this dad did things the way they needed to be done in his case
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