Crossroads, Segment 1, September 28, 2014

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Crossroads 1, September 28, 2014
The national debate over corporal punishment continues

HOUSTON -- Victoria Sloan, PhD., a Clinical Psychologist, explores the national conversation on corporal punishment following the case of an NFL player charged with negligent injury to a child after whipping his 4-year old son with a tree branch.

The player, Adrian Peterson, was defended by former NBA player, Charles Barkley, who claimed similar spankings are common among African American families in the South. But does that make it right?