Bradford Bitch gets her first conviction.

[tri boy]

Masterton man smacks his misbehaving 8yr old on the bum with an open palm, and gets 9mths supervision.
Teachers can't strap/cane, or discipline and now that Bradford bitch has got her first man for being a straight up father.
F**k me!

[DMNTD:Me]

Does nothing but fark me right off!!

NZ would be in better shape if parents would give their misbehaving kids a wee tap on the bum when deserved!

[Finn]

I heard that Bradford was raped by her father. If this is true, it might explain her hatred of men but come on, go see a shrink bitch. Don't take it out on us.

This is what happens when you vote for Labour and MMP.

[imdying]

As much as I think that law is messed up, the paper said that the mother went to the trouble of taking photos of the boys bruised shoulder. Either he went too far or that beyatch had some sort of beef about something... of course that being the most important detail, they didn't include it... much more fun to stir the peasants up for the sake of selling a few moer rags.

[tri boy]

So the 8yr old has a bruise where the dad restrained him. So what. 8yr olds gets bumps bruises every weekend being boys.
He, (the father)was only charged on the smacking.
Same week that f**king Kahui gets out on bail again, and promises to be a good little boy again.
Give NZs kids some firm guidelines, or watch the murders increase.
Funny how most Mums are staying quiet on this law. What do you want your sons to become? Solid stable men, or gutless little criminals.

[imdying]

So the 8yr old has a bruise where the dad restrained him. So what. 8yr olds gets bumps bruises every weekend being boys.

Again, the paper didn't say what sort of bruising... a few little bruises is not the same as heavy purple swelling. I do however applaud your ability to make your decision based on next to no information

[tri boy]

I'll guarantee that if it was more than superficial bruising, the father would have been done for greivous bodily harm.

[jrandom]

So the 8yr old has a bruise where the dad restrained him. So what.

I assume you'll be happy to find me a photo of that bruise and then let me bruise you to that extent?

Goodness knows you'd be able to handle it better than an 8 year old.

I'm sure you wouldn't dream of charging me with assault if I did it.

Oh, you would?

But if you were my son, someone I had a responsibility to protect, and also someone with no hope of defending themselves against me, it'd be OK? Not assault in that case?

Gotcha.

[dave_a]

IMDYING I see you have a great grasp of the media.

Media would have been all over it if the bruising was anything other than insignificant.

[jrandom]

Media would have been all over it if the bruising was anything other than insignificant.

Fuggoff, the 'media' are currently in 'Labour and its cronies r teh suck' mode. They'll take any opportunity they can to attack Bradford's legislation.

[tri boy]

I assume you'll be happy to find me a photo of that bruise and then let me bruise you to that extent?

Goodness knows you'd be able to handle it better than an 8 year old.

I'm sure you wouldn't dream of charging me with assault if I did it.

Oh, you would?

But if you were my son, someone I had a responsibility to protect, and also someone with no hope of defending themselves against me, it'd be OK? Not assault in that case?

Gotcha.

WTF?
Seems your already under Bradfords spell.
I repeat. I am possitive it will be minor bruising.
Guess your from the generation of no cane, no strap, do what I want.
Argue your point until hell freezes over. My view stands. Boys need discipline.

[imdying]

I'll guarantee that if it was more than superficial bruising, the father would have been done for greivous bodily harm.

Mmm, that's a possibility... unless maybe someone wanted to take their new law out for a run?

I was occasionally punished via smacking if I earnt it, but I was never bruised as a result, that I remember. Mind you, I took the strap rather than trying to struggle out of it... do the crime, do the time...

[devnull]

WTF?
Seems your already under Bradfords spell.
I repeat. I am possitive it will be minor bruising.
Guess your from the generation of no cane, no strap, do what I want.
Argue your point until hell freezes over. My view stands. Boys need discipline.

Well said.

She based all her arguments on Joan Durrant's paper - a paper that'd already been widely discredited, while ignoring all other international research that disagreed with her point of view.

I hadn't heard about the rape - had only heard about one of her son's committing suicide, and the infanticide baby's throat stepped on).
Goes a long way to explain her mental state I guess...

Don't know why people are still embracing the whole "permissive parenting" thing. It was tried in the '80s, and showed that the kids grew up to resent their parents. They learned no boundaries, so found it very difficult to function in society as a result.

The 3 year-old that's no longer wanted at daycare because of her behaviour should be a warning to parents of the slippery slope we're being pushed down. No way are my kids ending up like that.

[The Pastor]

I got the beat as a kid and I turned out fine.

Dont know if i got bruise or not as i couldnt see my own ass.

[Finn]

I can only remember being smacked once - surprisingly enough. It was when I threw a rock at a kid and it got him right in the face. He used to work at amps and still has the scar today. Mum cried after she smacked me. That put a grin on my face.

However, my 3 older brothers used to beat me senseless.

My stance on this is that I don't believe in smacking but I don't appreciate the government telling me how to raise kids.