How many times can I beat my child with a belt before social services can be called?

you can't legally beat your child with a belt, child services would be called. there is no reason to anyway because one day they will be the stronger one, do you really want them to think beating people into submission is how to deal with others?

Zero. But you can beat yourself with a belt :)

i got in trouble once and my mom had called the cops and she asked if she could get introuble for spanking me(i was 16 at the time) and the cop said as long as you arent "doing it for the hell of it and you arent bruising them you can. so just dont bruise them. and only spank a couple times...the belt hurts like a *****.....sorry for the language. :)

to the people saying zero.... there is a difference between "beating" your child and diciplining your child..... beating is hitting them when they dont deserve it....and diciplining is soemthing EVERY child needs. yes getting spanked with the belt hurts, but it definately lets the kid know that what ever they did isnt to be done again. only spank them 2 times with it. people now a days are so paranoid that if they dicipline their kids theyre going to jail. dont be fu***** stupid. there is a reason people started to beat their kids...it works. and you shouldnt be scared of your kid learning that beating people is ok...they learn that if you beat them on purpose....me and my 5 little brothers dont go around beating people up and we got beat with switches, belts, spoons, anything our parents had in their hands at the time we were being spanked...trust me....your kid will be fine.

Zero.

shouldn't be doing it at all.