So criminalising me for the way I choose to set boundaries for my boys is the f-ing answer to stopping kids being beaten to death?
An analogy for the hard of thinking...if you want to characterise smacking as "violence" or "abuse" then we may as well talk about "solitary confinement" or "imprisonment" instead of "time-out" or the "naughty mat". It's just plain f-ing stupid.
Bring back the bash I say!
But I love watching the parenting programe - wish he'd teach me what to do with a lazy, unhelpful and unco-operative teenager!
Not talking about you...the Law allows you to smack for safety reasons...yep that cycle guy who got convicted...that was dumb but like all Laws it's the Judges etc who abuse the Laws.I think the Law is a good idea because it may, and yes it is a "may", make parents think...I am sure that parents who abuse kids start off as "nice".I see some kids being dragged by their arms when they misbehave...kids joints are not fully formed and you could harm them...We expect to live in a cotton wool society where we think we know best etc etc...I bet abuse here is higher than say Indonesia...where drunk drivers face the death penalty and guess what offending is low...unlike NZ and America
The law allows me to smack to prevent harm or somesuch wording, but specifically forbids "smacking for the purposes of correction". This means that if I see my 3 1/2 year old about to hit his 4 month old brother, I can smack him, but if I'm too slow to prevent it I'm not allowed to smack him as punishment!
If I smack #1 son in those circumstances, I'm breaking the law, and I'm dependent on the police or CYFS deciding whether it's "inconsequential" or not. To me, that kind of power vested in state apparatus is completely and utterly unacceptable...the argument from the anti-smacking jihadists that "nobody has been convicted" is irrelevant, plenty have had their lives made a complete nightmare by the CYFS stormtroopers.
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