Nice to see NZ backing away from the abyss of fascism. North America could learn a thing or two.

kieronb: North America could learn a thing or two.

Ditto. Kids need a good smackin. Did me some good.

It's none of government's business how I punish my kids.

Approve.

hitting children is wrong. .

klymen: It's none of government's business how I punish my kids.

I dislike the nanny state but that's just not true. There is a line between punish and torture/abuse. I agree that controlled spanking is not abuse, but if you're smacking your kid around hard enough to break bones or stubbing out cigarettes on his forehead the gubmint should step in.

I'd like to smack the crap out of their children too.

klymen: It's none of government's business how I punish my kids.

Don't be silly, of course it is.

We as a society don't want you punishing your kids by beating them within an inch of their lives or burning them with a hot iron. There must exist a line which separates punishment from abuse and we must empower the government to enforce it.

That said, normal spanking is not abuse and should be perfectly legal.

I was not spared the rod as a child and I turned out alright

/twitches

terrapinwreck: hitting children is wrong. .

this. and lazy.

What about smacking crappy parents?

all of you Farkers just wait until your father gets home

bighairyguy: I'd like to smack the crap out of their children too.

Second.

Cue the farkers who are proud of having beat their child into submission in 3.. 2.. 1..

got a smacked bottom once when i was a kid.

after that, mom just had to give me "the look" and i behaved.

yay for spanking!

mybaby : What about smacking crappy parents?

Now that I can get behind.

ChadM89: That said, normal spanking is not abuse and should be perfectly legal.

That's what I told the judge when I got picked up for disciplining that attractive college girl for cutting me off on the freeway. :(

/Didn't work

raising children is the parents job, not government's.

if my kid is misbehaving to the point they need a smack on the rear, so be it.

Seems like alot of you farkers were burnt as children...

I tell them that if they can't settle down/knock it off/shut up, etc. I say I took one of their favorite toys away.

/drives 'em crazy trying to figure out which one
//never actually do it though
///they shut up
////farkin slashies

SWEET BABY JESUS..
Thank God..
It is PROVEN that young children only understand the consequence of pain.

melaniethepanda
yay for spanking!

Questionable choice of words there. Your boyfriend taught you well huh?

Reminds me of the story of one of my best guy friends... His mom had four sons, all 6'5" or over by the time they were grown. So you can imagine, huge teenage boys, four of them. Father had left the family when the kids were little.

When they became teenagers, they started ganging up on the mom. One day, she took a frying pan out of the cupboard and whacked each of them in the head at the dinner table and said next time they got in her face, it would be the cast iron griddle. end of problems. Yeah, the gubbmit doesn't need to step in for these cases.

terrapinwreck: hitting children is wrong. .

Comparing a swat on the butt to child abuse is wrong too.

I got smacked a few times when I was a kid. Taught me respect. Something sorely lacking in today's generation.

Spanking my kid doesn't work.
Seriously...
I have to take away his Ultraman toys.

Getting a hold of the hair, just above the ear holds their attention as well while you explain to them, slowly, why you are sick of their shiat.

Ant:Comparing a swat on the butt to child abuse is wrong too.

tru. i just never had to hit/spank a child. and he aint no angel.

/often tempted...never performed.

terrapinwreck: hitting children is wrong. .

Yeah, you could hurt your hand. Try kicking them instead.

Well, I'd post an angry rant about kids being property, but where_is_truth kinda deflated my "get off my lawn" balloon.

/It's 5:oopm; time to stop piloting this desk and go have a beer.....who's with me?

SaintAwesome: Spanking my kid doesn't work.
Seriously...
I have to take away his Ultraman toys.

Doesn't work on my 2.75 year old either, so we don't do it. Spank him and he's like "Whatever. Are you done?", but put him in time out, and you'd think he'd just been told he could never play again. It's surprisingly effective. Go figure...

New Zealand to have a shortage of snowflakes.

/I want snow

DaBishop: /It's 5:oopm; time to stop piloting this desk and go have a beer.....who's with me?

No, it's a quarter after 3. But you have fun! :)

FTA: It was passed 113-8..

Also FTA: The referendum would not be binding. .. Baldock said politicians should not ignore the referendum if it was passed.

Uh-huh.

DaBishop: Well, I'd post an angry rant about kids being property, but where_is_truth kinda deflated my "get off my lawn" balloon.

/It's 5:oopm; time to stop piloting this desk and go have a beer.....who's with me?

I'm two PBRs and a Weinhard's ahead of you.

Theres a big difference between spanking and beating your kids, a BIG difference.

You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o'clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When we got home, out Dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt!

I thought government involvement in child rearing was primarily to "reunite" crack whores and their babies....

Swatting a kid's bottom to get their attention is so far from abuse it's not funny.

Why is that family services agencies are always corrupt and incompetent? Second only to boards of ed and school administrators in the idiot parade.

Seems as tho quite a few Farkers may be suffering from psychological maladjustment and blurred vision.

Here, read this.

Maddox is right:

SaintAwesome: Spanking my kid doesn't work.
Seriously...
I have to take away his Ultraman toys.

You are one mean farker! :)

Loves UltraMan (1966)and has the DVDs

When my nephew was five, hitting him just made him bow up and dare you to do it again. Making him stand with his face in the corner for two minutes was absolute torture for him.

mybabysmomma: What about smacking crappy parents?

Win

All those against spanking, I suggest you go read the articles the seem to show up every few weeks about a psycho elementary school kid , and the teachers needing to call the cops to control the little crotchlings.

Children who are not disciplined wind up like those kids, and they grow up to be even worse.

Not suggesting abuse, but the "precious snowflake" deal we have going now is going to lead to big problems if it continues.

I just don't like New Zeland at all. All the news I read coming from there is just wacky. This too. But on the other hand ..maybe because of this the wackyness will go down ... we'll see.

I too enjoy a good spanking...

Some people hit their children when they missbehave I say why wait? I'm angry now

jonescollectables: Theres a big difference between spanking and beating your kids, a BIG difference.

Exactly.

One is socially unacceptable and wrong.

The other is socially acceptable and wrong.

fufuomelet: I too enjoy a good spanking...

Well hello.... *slowly removes sunglasses*