My sister, her husband and I took their two year old and my one year old to get our pictures make. Her son was being CRAZY running around, getting into filing cabinets, running out of the studio area and into the store it was attacted to, telling us to shutup, just really really acting up, and we were all about to go crazy. Her husband took him in the bathroom and spanked him, over his diaper and pants. My sister was trying to fix his hair for his picture and he threw himself over on the couch and messed it all up and was just acting horrible, and she swatted him on the butt or outer thigh a couple of times with her brush(Not at ALL hard, just enough to get his attention) Later, he was acting up again, and his dad took him back to the bathroom and spanked him again, again over the pants and diaper. And my sister smacked his leg and hand once for telling her to shut up and for running away from her again. This was over a three hour time period and very stressful day. He wasn’t hurt other than his feelings and there was not a single mark left on him anywhere.. he wasn’t even red. Well, there was a service lady that worked at the store the photo studio was in and she happened to be around when his dad spanked him the second time and was giving us funny looks. A few minutes later she came through and asked about his name and when he was born, saying he was about the age of her grandson. My sister is scared to death that she called the CPS on her and her husband. She didn’t really do anything wrong, but the laws are so strict these days, it’s hard to know. Do you think they would come out to her house over this? (She has nothing to hide if they did) There was a video camera in the studio and they could probably see what happened. She’s been upset and crying all night. You could hear him being spanked, but it was in a quiet, very large bathroom so it echoed and made it sound so much worse than it was. If they do investigate, what could happen? We live in Tennessee.. If you have any questions, please check.. I’ll answer anything. Thanks.
Guys, please don’t assume they are bad parents. They are doing the very best they can. They have been through time out, they try and distract him with toys or something else, they try stern talking, they’ve tried just making him sit still.. everything. He is a VERY active and curious child. He’s extremely smart and wants to be in everything. The "shutup" isn’t good, but his mom started that when he was little by saying "You shutup, your momma gonna get you" in a very cute, playful way, but he’s learned that it can be a serious word, too. They aren’t bad parents.. everything thinks they are good parents and everyone comments on how their son is like three rolled into one kid.. They’re doing the best they can.

I wouldn’t call CPS cause she was just controlling her child but the lady probably did. It’s odd that she asked his name and when he was born. however unless she asked the parents name and where they lived, she may not have cause that is the info she will need to give to CPS. Some people think they are GOD and that they can tell you how to discipline your child. Had she NOT spanked him they would have griped at her for NOT controlling her child.. You can’t win anymore. I spanked my son at Walmart and before I got home CPS was at my front door.. I don’t know how to answer this for sure but I would expect the worse. if they are not at her door in 2-3 days she’s ok..not what she wants to hear but even CPS anymore will tell you NOT to spank your child.. However if they investigate and find nothing wrong, it will be dropped in 45-60 days. Hope I helped.

I would NEVER say a parent is a bad parent. I had a STRONG WILLED child that nothing worked for and everyone called me a bad mom cause I had to spank him to get him to mind. Today he is a 15 year old well behaved well mannered teen and he has NEVER been in trouble with the law. I was in education 21 years and I can tell you that more parents NEED to spank their child. GL to her