中国有“棍棒下面出孝子”之说,家长对孩子施以包括体罚在内的家法早已司空见惯。不过这种做法在美国却行不通,在美国,打骂孩子不但可能招致法律上的麻烦,在更严重的情况下,家长还可能被拘留,孩子则送交儿童福利机构收养。据(纽约时报)报道,纽约市皇后区一位华裔妇女因为8岁的儿子没有做作业,用扫把打他,孩 In China, “there are filial piety under the sticks,” and that parents’ laws on children, including corporal punishment, have long been commonplace. However, this practice will not work in the United States. In the United States, beating and punishing children may not only lead to legal troubles, but in more serious cases, parents may also be detained and children sent to child welfare institutions for adoption. According to (The New York Times), a Chinese woman in Queens, New York City, did not do her homework because of her 8-year-old son and beat him with a broom.