Stop Spanking
Almost 70% of parents admit that they spank their children, and over 60% permit corporal punishment. These are the results of the Childhood without Violence (pol. Dzieciństwo bez przemocy) campaign report led by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and Nobody’s Children Foundation (Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje). 50% of Polish people would support a ban on corporal punishment, however, almost 90% thinks that it should apply only to beating with the hand or with other objects. Only 30% would support a ban on spanking, whereas 45% thinks that in some situations it is acceptable to beat a child, with 16% claiming that beating can be used as a method for bringing up children. The Ministry of Labour has prepared an amendment to the Act on Countering Domestic Violence. It mentioned corporal punishment and the possible separation of the perpetrator and victim. “We think that the perpetrator should leave the house, not the victim,” said Jarosław Duda, Secretary of State and the Government Spokeperson for Disabled People. The Deputy Minister of Justice Krzysztof Kwiatkowski added that the drop in the delinquency rate in Poland applies to domestic violence to a very small extent. The Childhood without Violence campaign is supposed to make people aware of the negative consequences of corporal punishment and to convince parents that spanking is also an act of violence. “Parents do not beat their children because they like it, but because they were brought up that way and now they do not know how to do it differently,” said Marek Michalak, the Ombudsman for Children.
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June 25, 2009 at 5:54 pm |
Ooh, Newzar has a new translator! And what a great text to start with!
June 26, 2009 at 9:46 am |
Ah, spanking… good stuff! :]
June 26, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Oh dear…
June 25, 2009 at 6:11 pm |
Thank you sooo much, I’m happy that you like it! Doing my best!
June 25, 2009 at 7:02 pm |
It certainly looks like it!
November 7, 2009 at 5:37 pm |
Child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE:
Child buttock-battering for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.
Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.
I think the reason why television shows like “Supernanny” and “Dr. Phil” are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.
There are several reasons why child bottom-slapping isn’t a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:
Plain Talk About Spanking
by Jordan Riak,
The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children
by Tom Johnson,
NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Say
by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.
Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-battering can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational resources, testimony, documentation, etc available on the subject that can easily be found by doing a little research with the recommended reads-visit http://www.nospank.net.
Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child bottom-slapping isn’t a good idea:
American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Center For Effective Discipline,
PsycHealth Ltd Behavioral Health Professionals,
Churches’ Network For Non-Violence,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
Parenting In Jesus’ Footsteps,
Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 26 countries, child corporal punishment is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.