More on the spanking bill
Publius remarked, in the comments to this post, that the way the press is reporting on Assemblywoman Sally Lieber's spanking bill in a manner that is less than forthright (there's a shock).
"Many news agencies and bloggers are writing that Sally Lieber's "No-Spanking" bill (introduced yesterday 2/22/07) has been dropped or that spanking has been removed from the bill. This is far from the truth. Read the bill and you will see that the bill has much to do with spanking.
The bill, AB 755, would make it against the law to spank children with a paddle (no matter how small) or with any switch or rod of any kind. And, depending on what attorney you ask, the bill may outlaw spanking with the hand."
Now there are some "experts" that claim that you should always use a proxy to your hand when spanking a child. They claim that it prevents the child from associating the punishment with the parent. I suppose one could say that. However, I know from experience that is not always the case. My parents were of that mindset and I associated any "punishment" that I got for my transgressions (and I was a bit of a hellion when I was a lass) with BOTH the proxy and the parent.
My thought has been that using your hand is not all bad as you will not spank your child hard enough to hurt your own hand thereby setting a threshold that you may not normally have with a proxy.
I certainly will not claim to speak for all parents here in saying which is the correct way to discipline your child. However, I will say that this is yet another one of those "don't they have anything better to do with their time" moments. While the citizens of California deal with the effects of illegal immigration, socialized medicine, astronomical gas prices (you think $2.50 a gallon is high Minnesota???) , gridlocked highways (imagine 8 to 10 lanes of stopped bumper to bumper traffic at 5pm) and everything else - why in heavens name is Assemblywoman Lieber even putting this forward?
"Many news agencies and bloggers are writing that Sally Lieber's "No-Spanking" bill (introduced yesterday 2/22/07) has been dropped or that spanking has been removed from the bill. This is far from the truth. Read the bill and you will see that the bill has much to do with spanking.
The bill, AB 755, would make it against the law to spank children with a paddle (no matter how small) or with any switch or rod of any kind. And, depending on what attorney you ask, the bill may outlaw spanking with the hand."
Now there are some "experts" that claim that you should always use a proxy to your hand when spanking a child. They claim that it prevents the child from associating the punishment with the parent. I suppose one could say that. However, I know from experience that is not always the case. My parents were of that mindset and I associated any "punishment" that I got for my transgressions (and I was a bit of a hellion when I was a lass) with BOTH the proxy and the parent.
My thought has been that using your hand is not all bad as you will not spank your child hard enough to hurt your own hand thereby setting a threshold that you may not normally have with a proxy.
I certainly will not claim to speak for all parents here in saying which is the correct way to discipline your child. However, I will say that this is yet another one of those "don't they have anything better to do with their time" moments. While the citizens of California deal with the effects of illegal immigration, socialized medicine, astronomical gas prices (you think $2.50 a gallon is high Minnesota???) , gridlocked highways (imagine 8 to 10 lanes of stopped bumper to bumper traffic at 5pm) and everything else - why in heavens name is Assemblywoman Lieber even putting this forward?
Labels: Journalists and Media, Nanny Government
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