“Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain and suffering intended to punish a person or change his/her behavior,” from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Foster parents are not allowed to use any type of corporal punishment. Some examples are spanking, hitting, slapping, or pushing. One of the reasons behind this licensing regulation is that children who have suffered abuse and trauma will not respond to this type of discipline. To them, it is more of the same and puts the foster parents in the same category as the abuser in the child’s eyes.