No Spanking

Only in California...

In the state Legislature, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, wants to outlaw spanking children up to 3 years old. If the law passes and is signed, it would make California the first state in the nation to explicitly ban parents from smacking their kids.

The bill, which is still being drafted, will be written broadly, she added, prohibiting ``any striking of a child, any corporal punishment, smacking, hitting, punching, any of that.'' Lieber said it would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail or a fine up to $1,000, although a legal expert advising her on the proposal said first-time offenders would probably only have to attend parenting classes.

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I am sure spanking a really young baby is not good, but do we really need a law on the books that explicitly states it? Soon, we will have parents being told how to read to their kids for at least 30 mins every night, or make sure their kids are not in the pool until one hour later after eating food.

As Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine puts it, "Where do you stop?"

Comments

Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: January 19, 2007 12:21 PM

You stop by declaring children to be the property of the parents. It's not an ideal solution, but it's one that will solve more problems than it creates.
Californians are having a hard enough time reproducing as it is. I imagine that if this passes, anyone who cares about bringing up sane children will head for the border. If they keep this up, we'll be about ready to give it back to Mexico.