Children in the United States are not as lucky as Inuit children Parents can spank their children at home. Similarly, schools can punish children by spanking or hitting as long as it is "reasonable." There are is reasonable. These rules look at the child's age, the rules about w child's past behavior, why the person is hitting the child, and so on However, the law says that officials cannot hit people in prisons or mental hospitals in the United States. Some people think it is not fair that officials can hit schoolchildren and not prisoners. Many school districts have their own laws and rules that forbid hitting students These laws change state to state It really depends on where you live in the United States. In contrast, in Sweden, it is against the law for In the or hit a child of United States, all children must go to school until sixteen. However, in some states, like Hawaii, Utah, and Washington children must attend school until the age of eighteen! A child cannot miss school without an acceptable excuse. There are laws about this. illness, a in the family, or an emergency is an school -missing a or a whole day. Schools very about their for class that make the parents accountable attendance. There are laws go In Colora ren miss Parents can to jail or pay a fine. forty- went school. because she missed teen-year-old girl went to jai fo a month parents also ee days of school and was late nineteen times. Her l ten days and paid a fine of s300