I heard about this yesterday on the news and although I haven't had time to read the actual bill , I wanted to post it so I would remember to come back to it. More from me on this a little later.
Ok, have a bit more time now. While I will be the first one to want to kick the living shit out of someone for abusing a child, a woman, hell, even some guy, this law that they are trying to pass aggrevates the hell out of me. No one should have to suffer abuse, plain and simple.
But what this lady is asking for, would in essence, make it a crime to swat your child on the butt if they were acting up. Yes, a crime for trying to get the attention of a unruly child. The penality would be up to a year in jail. Makes sense....kid acts up at the grocery, you spank them, you get hauled off to jail for a year. Doesn't matter that the child would lose a parent for a year, would never know what discipline is, and would probably grow up to be a mal adjusted thug...ignore that part and be happy knowing that this evil parent is being taught a lesson.
In an interview with the sponsor of the bill, she was asked what evidence she was baseing her need to push this bill forward. She had none. What research was there that spanking a child at that age was detrimental to there mental health. She could provide none.
While I do not have children, I do believe that a smack on the tush is a acceptable way to get there attention. When all this time-out bull shit came around, I had to roll my eyes. Yeah, thats gonna work. And now, as this timeout generation is coming of age, what do we see? A bunch of smart assed kids, that have no idea of how the world works, and are mainly a bunch of punks. Yeah, thats what we need to be planning the future.....
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I agree. This is taking it to the extreme. Children need to be disciplined and while I don't agree taking a cane to them, a smack on the bottom has not hurt anyone..
Hey Big Sky. I agree. A spanking once in a while is very important. As Sakshi says beating the hell out of them is a what crime should be. today's kids as such don't know what discipline is...and few parents that want their kids to learn discipline will end up in jail.
I got spanked. Look how I turned out...(hehe) Not only did my parents spank me, other family members spanked me. In fact if I was acting up somewhere in public, my parents probably wouldn't have had a problem with a stranger spanking me.
My father has told me many times, "yes, I was harsh on you. But we could have taken you to the White House for dinner at the age of 5, and not worry about embarrassment."
This bill would be nothing but a pile of hooey.
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