(ThyBlackMan.com) Chastisement is one of those things that God does, that to some believers seems questionable, but on close inspection found to be an essential ingredient in the lives of Christians.

This issue has a long history going back to the early Roman law when the power of the paterfamilias as head of the family included the right of life and death. That was moderated in later Roman law, ...

While child abuse should not be tolerated, the "reasonable and moderate chastisement" of children as a form of physical discipline by their parents should be allowed, the Constitutional Court has ...