Parenting

NZ protest to block smacking law

How low have we stooped when we need a debate on the merits of spanking our children as a form of discipline? There is something heinously wrong here. Why is a ban on spanking even necessary? Are we that eager to smack our children around that we need the fear of criminal prosecution to keep us from doing so? We should not be banned by law from spanking our young: we should simply not do it, period. We should be parenting, not punishing. We should raise our children, not rule over them.

Stories like these make me wonder how I ended up a human being.