The recent news of child abuse allegations against NFL running back Adrian Peterson has raised several moral and legal questions.
Is it legal to spank a child? Can a parent discipline a child by hitting them? What does the law consider to be child abuse? Does New York State’s laws on child abuse differ from other states?
I address this questions in an interview with WGRZ’s Claudine Ewing in her report on how the Adrian Peterson case stirs the conversation on child discipline. Click the video above to watch my legal analysis on child abuse laws.