Don't report others out of anger, prejudice, or anti-spanking zeal.
Studies show the system all too often responds through terrorism of child removal.
However, overzealous system response will permanently scar parents and children . According to studies conducted in 1992 and 1998, caseworkers spend roughly half their time chasing down unfounded reports. It wastes much time, energy, and money that could be spent on those who seriously need it. It doesn't do any favors to genuinely abused children to drop a dime on the mother who spanks her two year-old at the grocery store. The mother of that two year-old is probably under a great deal of stress.