• Georgia has laws to protect children.child image by Vaida from Fotolia.com
  
  Georgia, like every other state, has laws designed to protect children. Some of the state's child endangerment laws are misdemeanor, others are felonies. The laws carry different penalties including lengthy prison sentences.
  
  

Weapons and Drugs

• It is a felony to leave a weapon where a child can reach it, or to manufacture methamphetamines when children are present. The maximum punishment is 25 years in prison.
  
  

Preserving Discipline

• Georgia's child endangerment laws are aimed at protecting children without infringing on a parent's ability to discipline. The laws allow some forms of corporal punishment, including spanking, but places serious charges on physical abuse, willfully putting a child in harm's way or allowing the child to be in harm's way. Parents are not held accountable for accidents. Kids get hurt in the course of childlike behavior, such as crashing their bikes or falling out of trees.
  
  

Drunk Driving

• Anyone caught driving while intoxicated with a child in the car can face drunken driving and child endangerment charges because they willfully put the child in harm's way. Driving while intoxicated clearly puts the life of the driver and the child in peril.