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 * __Parents should be Able to Smack their Children __**

Should parents be allowed to smack their children? I think that they should be allowed as it isn’t abuse, just a form of discipline. The law should be changed to allow parents good control over their children. Sue Bradford from the Green Party introduced an anti-smacking law last year and so far I don’t think it is a good idea because parents are being taken to a court case for giving their child a smack when they are just being naughty.

Have you ever seen a child being smacked? I know I have, and a smack does work. If a child is screaming their head off it gets pretty hard to go down to their level and tell them to be quiet, because all you want to do is scream at them. A smack makes them settle down and stop being naughty. It is a lot quicker then spending an hour or more trying desperately to get your child to apologise when they are going to do the same thing five minutes later.

Another reason that you should be allowed to smack your child is that it tells a child to stop their silly behaviour and start behaving properly. A smack should not come under child abuse, as I said a smack is good discipline for someone. I think that parents should have rights to smack their children, as they were the ones who have to bring the child up. Not the government.

The government is now definitely going over the top with their type of discipline. Once a child has had a smack they probably won’t do what they were doing again in a hurry. Parents are responsible for their child and should be able to choose how they have authority in their house. If you stop parents smacking then it is not going to stop real child abuse. One-hundred and fifty thousand children and parents have had to go though disturbing assault by investigators for smacking their children.

Also I am aware that some people do whack their children with riding crops and bits of wood but these people do not do things as simple as a small smack. These people need to be found out and taken to court so that the rest of the society can get on with their life without having to worry about giving the occasional smack. Otherwise people’s children can get away with anything.

In conclusion I believe that as part of good parental correction, parents should be allowed to smack their children and there should never have been an anti-smacking law made. I do not agree with Sue Bradford because the people who have good discipline go to court, while the people who this law is targeted at never get anything happening to them. So I believe that parents should be allowed to smack their children.

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