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Freelance writer and mother of three kids living in Georgia; former also a student-athlete at Florida State University
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Adrian Peterson Case Renews the Debate Over Corporal Punishment Running back Adrian Peterson has been suspended by the Minnesota Vikings after being indicted in Texas for reckless or negligent injury to a child. Peterson’s four-year old son reportedly suffered welts on his legs, buttocks and scrotum after Peterson whipped him with a switch like the one Peterson’s father often used on him.
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