A British man was barred from his home for six months, kept from unsupervised visits or telephone conversations with his 3-year-old son, and placed on two years' probation

Reason, April, 2005 by Charles Oliver

A British man was barred from his home for six months, kept from unsupervised visits or telephone conversations with his 3-year-old son, and placed on two years' probation. All this for giving the boy a single swat on the bottom after the child almost ran into traffic.