Boy faces parents in court

"Do you think we're abusive parents?" Sharon Duncan asked her son, who has been in foster care since February 2001.

"No, ma'am," said the boy, dressed neatly in a navy blazer and white shirt.

"Why do you feel that way?" asked his 41-year-old mother.

The boy's voice was almost inaudible as he leaned forward in the witness stand.

"I feel that you all whup us because you all love us," he said.

I'm not a parent, first off. And maybe children do need to be spanked -- I don't know how I feel about that. But I'm absolutely sure that they shouldn't be whipped with a belt, leaving "bruises and abrasions".