There is a big difference between disciplining your child and abusing them. In Minnesota, Adrian Peterson was arrested for child abused. He claimed to be disciplining his 4-year-old son with a stick. On his defense, he stated that he was raised that way and that is how he learned when he was a boy. There are a couple of liberal issues that comes along with this case. As a parent one should be able to raise their kid the way they feel is the right way, to a certain extent of course. If he is disciplining the child, he should not hurt the child to the point where he is cut or bruised as well as mentally hurt. Disciplining the child (hitting him with a stick) should not be a legal problem unless he is doing it various times and hard (a little tap should be fine). A modern liberal would say the same as I predicted, one should raise their child the way they please. If it is not hurting the environment the government should not get involved. As long as the child himself isn’t in any actual danger it shouldn’t be a problem. A modern conservative would want the authorities to get involved. They would not want a parent physically touching their child, they would most likely want the parent to put their kid in time out, ground them, or something of the sort. If I was the judge and had to punish Mr. Peterson for hitting his child with a stick there would be many factors I’d consider. For example, if the child was hit more than once or twice and had marks on his body I would give Mr. Peterson a 6-year sentence and if the child had marks on his body and was mentally hurt as well I would probably give Mr. Peterson a 9-year sentence. But if Mr. Peterson just hit his child lightly but hurt him mentally, I’d give him up to one year in jail. If he just hit him lightly without hurting him mentally, I would just give him 40 hours of community service as well as having him join a program where he can get better teaching skills as a parent. When it