A few weeks ago I caught the tail end of a Today show interview about making spanking illegal for children ages three & under in a certain state ( I think it was Californa). The National Effective parenting initiative along with politicians were pushing to make this a new legislation. When doing some research on this it seems that other countries already have an anti spanking law in place. Boston was trying to pass a bill that would make putting hot sauce or soap in your child’s mouth Illegal as well as spanking. This is certainly a controversial subject.

Some parents rely on spanking as their sole form of discipline and they feel it works for them, while others may only use it in certain circumstances such as If a child plays with matches or runs in the street. And then there are the parents who are against spanking all together. I’m in the later group. I don’t agree with it and I don’t think it’s an effective way to parent. I don’t think that modeling aggression with physical punishment is the best lesson we can teach our children. I think there are more effective ways to set limits and teach lessons. I just don’t agree with it plain & simple. I wont get into a huge Pro’s & Con’s debate over spanking, as this is a subject that I know many people feel passionately about.


Parents who spank feel strongly that its effective for them and those who don’t spank feel strongly about their choice and some people are in the middle. That being said I think that making spanking against the law is Political correctness gone awry, where do we draw the line? What's your view on making spanking illegal?


http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/4582708/detail.html?subid=22100410&qs=1;bp=t


http://life.familyeducation.com/spanking/discipline/36133.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanking

http://nospank.net/n-o66r.htm