Judge Admonishes Mom for Spanking Daughter

She gets five years' probation, must attend classes
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 18, 2011 12:45 PM CDT
Judge Admonishes Mom for Spanking Daughter
A Texas judge is tough on spanking.   (Shutterstock)

A mother in Texas who got arrested after spanking her toddler received five years' probation and a stern lecture from the judge this week, reports KZTV. "You don't spank children today," District Court Judge Jose Longoria told Rosalina Gonzales. "In the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don't spank children. You understand?" Gonzales, who also must attend parenting classes in Corpus Christi and pay a $50 fine to a children's center, responded, "Yes, sir."

Police arrested her on charges of causing injury to a child in December, after the almost-2-year-old girl's grandmother notice red marks on her rear and took her to a hospital to be checked out. Prosecutors described it as "pretty simple, straightforward spanking case," reports WVLT-TV. Gonzales has lost custody of the girl and her two other children, though it's not clear whether the spanking charges figured into that. (More spanking stories.)

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