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Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch
Spanking is not illegal in my state, cicy33. Is it illegal in yours? Some lack of spanking children cannot be the root of problems in my area. I have seen plenty of children who did get spanked and who were nonetheless hell on wheels. But then, I thought their parents tended in that direction, too. Same parents tended to yell viciously and contemptuously. Teaching a child manners, self control, and to want the well-being of others as well as oneself can be done without spanking.
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I know that if you are caught doing it in public it is. they will take you to jail for assault. I have a friend that a number of years ago was in the public aid office. They had this door that closed kinda slowly and was just a finger pincher waiting. Well she had a very active curious toddler around 2 and he just wanted to play with that door so bad. At least 5 times she removed him, firmly said no and sat him in a chair. This did not work so she finally swatted him on the bottom and placed him back in the chair and he stayed. Now everyone there could see the obvious danger to the child, though of course he couldnot. No one said anything and we thought no more of it and went home. A few hours later we had a knock on the door and it was social services to remove the boy because she had abused him. It was a very tight situation for quite a while that involved follow up visits and everything else. Fortunately she did not remove him but did however insist on the future visits. Why should we be subjected to their crap because we take the time to take care of our children.