How do you feel about a law banning the smacking of children? This is likely to become law in New Zealand, despite there being a majority of the public against the bill.
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Well... hitting children is a good way of dicipline, in old Taiwan, the teachers hit the students for every answer they got wrong on a test or quiz. That forces kids to check their work and make sure everything is right. But it can also lead to quick hatred. I mean, who would like being hit?
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What lesson does smacking send to children other than violence solves problems? I have always been against it, as it is counter-productive. A firm voice is whats needed and not the threat of violence.... I was always more afraid at a lecture than a smacking, as a smacking obly lasts a short time... a lecture is a pain and I would always try to avoid it by behaving
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Well, it's assault if you hit a stranger.. why is it ok to hit your child?
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Discipline and a swat on the rear in moderation is what we need back in the States. Since it has become politically incorrect to do so our kids have been more empowered to do as they please and have no respect for authority. I grew up in the 60's and my father would swat me on the rear when I did something wrong and deserved it. It was akin to me touching a flame and getting burned. I wouldn't want to touch the flame again. I turned out just fine as many of my peers who grew up under a little rear end guidance from our Parents. It's Ironic that so many of the public are against such discipline whilst many children play very violent video games.
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yes i think there should be alaw against smaking children...this is why....if you tap a childs hand they are not learning much as it is just a slight tap and no pain has been inflicted, however if you inflict pain that is wrong and in my opinion pain is not a good way to punish and only shows the child that when you are not happy with something someone has done you lash out in a violent way...so not smacking them hard has no effect yet smacking them hard is basically child abuse...i find punishing them in other ways is much more rewarding for both the parent and the child....ground them from the playing with their friends, take the computer or t.v away for a week....that will hurt the child in question much more than violence, and you won't have a violent taught adult coming into the world...violence does not solve anything and the way this world is at the moment i think it is imperative that we teach this to our children from such a young age
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I'm all for a fair republic, but I'd be on the side against hitting kids. What will that show your children other than that people who have been bad deserve to be hit? Is that really what you want to teach your children in their most influential years? And to people who insist that children who are not hit will be unruly and spoiled, please do some research and read up on what studies show (and most psychologists agree based on observation) happens later in life to children who are spanked as children. They're more likely to be back to square one hitting their own spouses and children. They're also more likely to be convicted of violent crimes. You may not believe it, but even a five-year-old can learn by feelings of guilt for his wrongdoings and have a completely intrinsic motivations to do what is moral. There is so much more they can learn than how not to get caught. By the way, yes, this is coming from someone who was spanked and is still pretty bitter about it.
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Depends on their definition of smacking.
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I think that children need to be discipined. At every stage in a childs life discipline changes. For the toddler with a screwdriver getting ready to putit in an outlet, needs to be smacked on the hands, they do not understand that it will hurt them or possibly kill them. For the young preteen punishment and other actions can be taken. I do not beileve in abusing children, but I am not opposed to slaping a mouthy child who is disrespectful and rude. Children in this day and age are completly different then we were as children. The poverty and crime rates are rising and it all stems from children not being raised right.We have to ask ourseleves if we were "spanking" our kids, making them do the right thing in school and life , would we have these problems? I rather spank my kids now and teach them to do the right thing then have them become another statistic in our society.
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Spanking is good for children.
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I like the idea that parents would have to come up with a better way to disipline their children.
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I think nobody should EVER hit a child, I don't even care what the child has done. There is many ways to correct undesired behavior, abuse doesn't have to be used.
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Not every child responds to talking......for those that are more hard headed you have to employ a compelling consequence. Not all kids will respond to time outs or loss of privledges either.....discipline in the way of spanking is an option that works for (most) unruly children. - It's not abuse if you stop at the place where they becomed compelled. For each child that varies. A more stubborn child has no one but himself to blame if he acquires a red bottom. Love means doing what is in a persons best interest, stopping a bad practice before it becomes an ingrained bad habit. I for one am thankful I had parents that cared enough to discipline me when I acted inappropriately.
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The people need to oppose the law, and maybe see about killing the politicians who proposed it.
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I feel, or rather, think, "Hooray!"
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It is the law, they are about to hold a referendum to gage public opinion on the matter, but like their referendums of the past, they do not have to take any notice of it.
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The government needs to stay out of how I raise my child.
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