Anti-Smacking Law

**Kralizec** · 03-27-2007, 12:37

I suggest sleep-deprivation and waterboarding as alternatives, then.

**Vladimir** · 03-27-2007, 12:41

Originally Posted by Fenring

I suggest sleep-deprivation and waterboarding as alternatives, then.

I don't think that would work on children. They always want to stay up late and go swimming. Cranky, wet children are a form of torture used on adults.

**HoreTore** · 03-27-2007, 12:45

Well, as your parents should have told you:

"Solve your problems with words, not violence". That applies to all aspects of society, violence should NEVER find place, anywhere. That includes "smacking" children.

**Fragony** · 03-27-2007, 12:56

Originally Posted by HoreTore

"Solve your problems with words, not violence". That applies to all aspects of society, violence should NEVER find place, anywhere."

Awww common, nothing says 'I strongly disagree' like a well delivered punch in the face, some people just react better on that, saves time.

**Duke John** · 03-27-2007, 12:46

I believe this was also proposed in the Netherlands, but I can't recall wether it got through. However the law was supposed to enable the justice system to make a case against the serious offenders and not to prohibit parents from giving kids a "twist around the ears" (is that English?) when they are doing bad. And in that sense I think this law is good.

**Ja'chyra** · 03-27-2007, 13:38

Originally Posted by Sjakihata

It is illegal to smack children in school, at home and of course to hit women (or the other way around) in denmark. I think that is progress - smacking isnt good for anyone. Not the parent and certainly not the child, that's abuse.

Move on, welcome to the 21st century.

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Well, as your parents should have told you:

"Solve your problems with words, not violence". That applies to all aspects of society, violence should NEVER find place, anywhere. That includes "smacking" children.

Smacking children is not abuse, most of the time it doesn't even hurt it's just a way of showing an extreme displeasure and as most parents can tell you sometimes it's the only thing that will get through to a child.

I'm with the leave parenting to the parents crowd.

**BDC** · 03-27-2007, 13:42

I think children seeing violence as the answer is only storing up problems for the future. But then again some will probably only respond to threats. Scary children...

Clearly the answer is water boarding.

**HoreTore** · 03-27-2007, 13:48

Originally Posted by Ja'chyra

Smacking children is not abuse, most of the time it doesn't even hurt it's just a way of showing an extreme displeasure and as most parents can tell you sometimes it's the only thing that will get through to a child.

I'm with the leave parenting to the parents crowd.

If you can't show "extreme displeasure" with words, then I feel a little sorry for you.

As for "most parents", I don't know anyone who thinks it is a good thing to hit their child. It may be a cultural thing, but at least here in scandinavia, parents hitting their children is seen as a thing of the past.

**Husar** · 03-27-2007, 14:47

Originally Posted by HoreTore

If you can't show "extreme displeasure" with words, then I feel a little sorry for you.

As for "most parents", I don't know anyone who thinks it is a good thing to hit their child. It may be a cultural thing, but at least here in scandinavia, parents hitting their children is seen as a thing of the past.

Oh, I have seen women who do try to solve things with words, very strong words and lots of displeasure shown, and the kids respond with the same strong words and show their displeasure beore they end up annoying everybody around them for hours.

A small smack could sometimes solve the situation, do no harm and show the kid who's boss, it's not violence, it's a form of communication, like hugging or shaking hands, only with a negative connotation. Violence is when you beat your kids with full force until they turn blue, but that's not what smacking is about. Kids these days often blackmail their parents to discuss for hours because "if you smack me, I'll tell my teacher/the police", do you think that shows respect towards their parents? Not even teachers can always quiet kids using only words, and they are supposed to have learned that. Just have a look at schools in Berlin, some smacking is definitely necessary there.