Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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California Trying to Can Spanking...
California Assembly Member Sally Lieber (Left) introduced her anti-spanking bill earlier this year. AB 2943 would have the practical effect of making criminals out of loving parents who spank with an implement (i.e. inanimate object, such as a small paddle or ruler) in California. The result could be jail time for parents and temporary or permanent loss of their children.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee is set to have a hearing on this bill tomorrow, April 30.
In a day and age where youth violence is more rampant than ever and where children are brought up without self discipline or outside discipline, this move to remove a valuable and biblically mandated mode of child training does not bode well for the future of America's children.
According to HSLDA President Mike Smith,
"This likely will have several negative unjustifiable consequences in California. Prosecutors could end up filing criminal charges against parents for simply spanking their children with an object even though reasonable, age-appropriate corporal discipline is a protected right of parents in every state.Secondly, by the mere fact that jurors in criminal cases would be instructed that they could consider spanking with an implement to be criminal conduct would imply that the legislature believes that this type of conduct is abusive conduct. Finally, if this law passes, it will have a chilling effect on parents who reasonably exercise discipline through the use of spanking with an implement."
Click here to learn more about this dangerous legislation.
Posted by C. Dalton
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Comments (2)
THAT.. is insane. ABUSE is SO much different than spanking. Children can be hard-headed at times, you know? Sometimes, it takes a swift pop on the behind to ensure them that running towards a road is not the thing to do. Some children do not listen well. All children require different means and methods of punishment and encouragement to ensure they grow up to be the best they can be. This is just silly. Don't outlaw spanking, you bunch of crazies. Spanking in and of itself is often not abuse. You know?
Where do you stand on this? :) Haha.. since I just unloaded my heart on this, I figured I might as well ask. ;P
<3, HC :)
@akarui_mitsukai - Agreed. A treatise could be written on the best means of child training. Although it must be used with care, and most importantly never used in anger, spanking is an essential part of biblical and traditional child training--a component that I consider to have been very beneficial in my own brining up.
-C. Dalton