A mother was frustrated with her four-year-old child, who would not stop throwing a tantrum in a large chain department store. After screaming that he wanted a toy over and over again, and trying to run away from her to the toy aisle, the mother swatted her son on the behind. Another woman in the store saw the mother swat the son and saw the child cry and grab his behind; because she believed that spanking was child abuse, she reported the mother to the police. The police arrested the mother for battery. When they examined the child, he had no marks on his body. Will the mother like
