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Mom secretly records son being threatened with paddle at school

Did you know 19 states still allow corporal punishment at public schools? But in many places, parental permission is required. Now a Georgia mom says she regrets giving school administrators permission to physically punish her 5-year-old son. Mark Strassmann reports on why she secretly recorded as her kindergartener was held down and threatened with a wooden paddle at school.
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