WINDSOR, Ont. — A man who whipped his six-year-old son with a charging cord for eating his toast too slowly has been given a conditional discharge, radio station CKLW reported Wednesday. In sentencing the man from Windsor, Ont., to three years of probation, Ontario court Judge Sharman Bondy said corporal punishment was no answer to loving parenting. School authorities discovered the welts in December 2015, and the boy’s father later admitted to hitting him with a USB charging cord. The boy’s mother described the father as having a loving and good relationship with his son.

Source: National Post March 28, 2018 19:55 UTC