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" Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are set to consider a proposed ban on spanking children in the commonwealth. " I just read in the newspaper.

The problem is the current law does not say or guide about what’s prohibited and what’s not!
So people that violate are findind holes in this law and does who just want to give a few "slaps" are being punished.

Now we have " brats" yelling at grocery stores and cursing parents. I dont have any kids but I feel like telling them: Make whatever needs to make this kid quiet!!!!

Other situation was a friend of mine has a 15 year old that told her mother that she would call the cops or tell the school that she was being " spanked" if she couldnt get what she wanted..

How far we are going with this?

2007-12-02 07:38:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

18 answers

no,
parents need to discipline the kids

2007-12-02 07:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mary Jo W 6 · 2 0

I don't think we need a ban- what kind of people absolutely need to spank their kids in order to discipline them? I can understand why you would say something like 'do whatever to make the kid quiet' because you don't have any.

Most people cringe when they see someone hitting their kid in public. Its not a nice thing to witness. It only makes the child fear their parents; other methods of punishment should be taken, like taking away something the child loves, like tv time. It always works. If they really don't want to lose it, they will behave.

A ban shouldn't be necessary, but there are people out there that make spanking into serious abuse and that is why there is the possibility of a ban.

Out of the 3 children in my family, my brother and I were never spanked and we turned out very disciplined. My sister however, was spanked, and it still did nothing to improve her discipline.

2007-12-02 15:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ash 2 · 0 0

That is so stupid. I was spanked as a child and I think I am better for being disciplined in such a manner. No one has the right to tell anyone how they should discipline their child. There is a line between spanking and downright abuse but they don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to banning it. I think that a parent has a right to choose whether or not they should spank their child but it's not anyone else's business. Kids are such brats today and that is part of the reason why!

2007-12-02 15:48:25 · answer #3 · answered by Stina Lady 5 · 2 0

I think the proposed law is silly. Spanking children does not produced better behaved children, but most parent lose it from time to time and hit their kids anyway, and some do not know how to control children without the threat of spanking, The law should only interfere when thing go to far, From what I read they can't even handle cases of real child abuse.
It is obvious you don't have children if you think hitting children makes them quiet.

2007-12-02 16:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by meg 7 · 1 0

The government should enforce the laws the commonwealth already has against child abuse. A spanking is not child abuse, beatings are. The government has enough things they don't do well to involve themselves in the discipline of children.

2007-12-02 15:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Lorre W 3 · 2 0

Yes, I do. Spanking is primitive and outdated. Spanking is a brutal form of violence that teaches children to be violent. Spanking is also a form of sexual assault, because the buttocks are a sexual region. Don't believe me? Try typing "spanking" into a search engine and see how many sex websites you get compared to the number of parenting websites. I can't believe so many people deny that spanking is sexual, it is obvious that it is. You would not be allowed to hit another adult, so why should you be allowed to hit a child? Shouldn't children have at least as much protection from assault and battery as adults do? It is no more acceptable for parents to hit their children than it is for husbands to hit their wives. Believe it or not, husands used to hit their wives. Now that is no longer acceptable. So why is it acceptable to hit little children? Spanking is the most despicable form of child abuse there is, and it should be outlawed everywhere.

2007-12-05 12:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by NO SPANKING ALLOWED 1 · 0 1

no spanking allowed says "I can't believe so many people deny that spanking is sexual" and therefore no spanking should be allowed.

Seems to me "kissing is sexual" and therefore no kissing should be allowed.

Of course, maybe "no spanking allowed" can't find anyone to kiss him/her.
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nsa also says "Spanking is primitive and outdated.".

Well, I guess one might say misbehavior also is "primitive and outdated", but
it seems to continue, and as long as it continues, also the need for punishment seems needed.

As for whether I agree with a ban on spanking children ... well, my backside sure would like that!! And I guess many kids would like a ban on any punishments. But I am realistic enough to know that it just won't work, for most people.
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2007-12-06 15:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jim 6 · 0 0

i have kids and grand kids and if they need there *** spanked they will damn sure get it, regardless of what law they make ,,, i got my *** tore up as a kid if i needed it and it didn't harm me in any way , that is what is wrong with society these days and why so many kids talk to there elders the way they do , no kid of mine is going to curse me the way i have seen some do there parents ,, OK i could go on for hours but i think i have made my point :-)

2007-12-02 15:54:02 · answer #8 · answered by nutnnice69er 3 · 0 0

I was spanked growing up. And, I spank my 3yr. old daughter. We get compliments all the time on how well behaved she is.

We set guidlines on the spanking. We NEVER do it out of anger. If I'm to angry - I just give her a time out untill I calm myself down. People just need to know their boundries. So that disciplne doesn't turn into abuse.

Unfortunately not everyone can do that. But, still I think it should be left up to individual families.

2007-12-02 15:50:22 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs.know.It.All 3 · 2 0

i do not agree that government should get involved with parents who spank their children. if everyone would take a look at society they would realize that most of the children that are breaking laws at younger ages are the ones that were in the generation that was reared when schools began not being able to discipline the students.

2007-12-02 15:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by nat geo 2 · 1 1

no, i don't agree with it.

i'm 16 years old and was spanked as a child (my mom still tells me that i'm not too old). i was 12 the last spanking (haven't gotten in trouble since then except for when i didn't pay my sister back $200 and i lost all electronic privileges for about 3 mo. - till i paid her back). my mom used a wooden spoon, a leather strap (and yes i had welts when she was done). i also had to write 1,000 times "I will not....." and had extra chores, etc. but i do NOT consider it abuse. i deserved every single one of them (except for one when my bro got me in trouble when i didn't do anything, but he apologized and so did my mom). i knew my parents loved me, we cuddled all the time, they told me they loved me every chance they got, and i grew up happy and healthy. now, i'm 16, straight A COLLEGE STUDENT with a 4.48 GPA. not on drugs, never had alcohol. never had sex, never had a boyfriend, haven't had my first kiss. nor do i want one. i don't need a boyfriend. they just add pressure. i just recently got my first cell-phone and I pay for it. I appreciate how my parents raised me. i'm allowed to go out with my friends when i want (just as long as i let them know who, what, when, where, and why. but i have a curfew and make sure i stick with it so i won't lose that privilege), I'm a solid Christian, well-disciplined with a job, and my parents TRUST me. i don't mind them searching my computer or my room, because I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE. i know they love me and i will raise my kids the same.

2007-12-06 11:59:08 · answer #11 · answered by :) 3 · 1 0

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