Paparazzi hanging around The Gosselin Family home last Saturday snapped this photograph, which is making the rounds on the blogosphere this Wednesday.

The image seems to feature mother of eight Kate Gosselin spanking her five-year-old daughter, Leah — one of the family’s sextuplets — after the child disobeyed an order. A former employee recently accused Kate of routinely beating her eight children. The Jon & Kate Plus 8 spanking controversy has rose again-old questions about how parents should discipline their children.

Is corporal punishment too severe?

According to In Touch Weekly: Around 11 a.m. on June 13, a witness spotted Kate, 34, and the children playing outside of their Reading, Pa., home. When Leah, one of the sextuplets, started blowing a whistle loudly, Kate told her to stop because she was on the phone. But as soon as Leah blew on the whistle again, Kate “seemed to lose her temper” and said, “Did you not hear me?” Then she stormed over to her daughter, grabbed her and hit her. “The girl was screaming and crying,” the witness adds. “Kate just pushed her away and walked off with her coffee. Her older sisters were trying to make Leah feel better.”