Should a state be able to control how you decide to discipline your children?

I think that the application of common sense seems to be a rare occurrence once certain "laws" or "rules" are put into place. As with "zero tolerance", I think that there is a lazy (or fearful) approach to using common sense and practical application of laws meant to protect children from abuse. No child should ever be struck in anger, but I believe there are times when the only way to break through and communicate is by using a gentle physical redirect.So while I believe that it is the state's responsibility to provide protection against abuse for children, companion animals, or any sector which cannot advocate for itself, I do not believe that any governing body should be able to tell me how best to raise, teach, discipline, or reward my child.

I think the fault lies in the inability of legislators to propose acts which are well enough or tightly enough written to allow judicious enforcement of the spirit and intent of the legislation. I think that failing impacts future litigation as well as poor policy decisions.

I think that the application of common sense seems to be a rare occurrence once certain "laws" or "rules" are put into place. As with "zero tolerance", I think that there is a lazy (or fearful) approach to using common sense and practical application of laws meant to protect children from abuse. No child should ever be struck in anger, but I believe there are times when the only way to break through and communicate is by using a gentle physical redirect.

So while I believe that it is the state's responsibility to provide protection against abuse for children, companion animals, or any sector which cannot advocate for itself, I do not believe that any governing body should be able to tell me how best to raise, teach, discipline, or reward my child. I think the fault lies in the inability of legislators to propose acts which are well enough or tightly enough written to allow judicious enforcement of the spirit and intent of the legislation. I think that failing impacts future litigation as well as poor policy decisions.

Government should never infringe the rights of the individual. Each parent has a right to discipline their children as they deem fit, as long as that does not infringe on the physical or mental health of the child, as that would infringe on the child's rights. Common sense should make this distinction easy to see, but as in most things that government gets involved in, it becomes a bureaucratic, impersonal, distant application, which ends up not protecting the children they are supposed to protect, and punishing parents which at no time were being abusive, while the real abusive ones fall through the cracks.

Ridiculous is the first word that came to mind. Spanking is not beating. It even scares me a but that the government is now even trying to step in on how we raise our children.

Clearly, I mean no, they shouldn't be able to. *shakes her head* America becomes less free every day.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.