What a load of crap. Even if you HAD swatted your kid with a rolled-up magazine (hardly a lethal weapon) ~ so what?

The months of emotional abuse those assholes put your son through is far worse than any momentary physical impact, real or imagined, could possibly have been.

I've had my own bad experiences with "Child Protection Services" and, while I've found most of the people to reasonable and well-meaning, some of them are power-hungry psychos with their own issues and agendas. The worst of it is, the craziest and most zealous members of such a bureaucracy tend to find their way into positions of authority, because they are the most dedicated (albeit delusional) staff members, and have no life outside of their careers as "crusaders."