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fitasafiddle123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
When do "smacks" lead to "Belts" and where do draw that imaginary line in the sand between "hurt" and "injuring" a child!
m1smatch3d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well I'm 16 years old and my parents spanked me when i was a child and i didn't feel like it was abuse. It was my consequence. It didn't lead me to a drug-addicted, violent life. i atcually think that it's made me more self disciplined and i have respect for them. it isn't abuse when applied in the correct manner or when controlled. but smacking a child for something stupid is just wrong. i fully understand my parents intentions and i am glad they did it.
oliesbw (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If you smack an adult you get hauled up in front of a judge. yet you think it should be legal to smack a child?.I do not understand the logic. at least an adult can smack back a small child is helpless against the smacks of adults.where do you draw the line? I have kids I have no recourse to ever smack them. Smacking only serves to make an adult feel more in control gives them power. well there are better ways to have good behavior from your child and keep their love and respect at the same time
gunsdontkillbulletdo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You want to assault people and you say you turned out fine
AnthonyUK (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Criminalising parents for smacking a child will only drive the problem underground where you cant control it, and such a law would be hard to enforce and difficult to uphold.
NCOMUSCLE (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The answer to that of course is corporal punishment of adults. Robert Heinlein had it right. A short, sharp shock can be very beneficial when nothing else works.
lepperxxxmessiah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
could not agree with you me, its a very hypocritical concept
lepperxxxmessiah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what about all the adults that mug old ladies suppose we'll spank them as well
lepperxxxmessiah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yea well i never did, what do you have to say about that
lepperxxxmessiah (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
adults get away with a lot of outrageous things also, but who disciplines them? If jails and the army and other parts of society do not use corporal punishment why should schools and parents. corporal punishment is used to "modify and correct" the behavior of children, but what's used to correct the behavior of the parents |