Consultation on the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill
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Tystiolaeth i’r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg ar gyfer craffu Cyfnod 1 Bil Plant (Diddymu Amddiffyniad Cosb Resymol) (Cymru) |
Evidence submitted to the Children, Young People and Education Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny of the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill |
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CADRP-240 |
CADRP-240 |
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Do not agree to take away a parents ' right' ( as this is what the name ' parent means') to discipline their children with a ' smack' if needed is part of being a parent.
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NO! not at all . No-one outside of the parents should interfere ' by any form ' be it a ' Bill' or other means to achieve any change as it's not their ' right' or business . Outside of a real life threatening or abusive act from a parent or parents ( which would be termed as ' criminal') How dare anyone or law interfere with the parents who are doing what is normal?
Can we ' draw up a bill for a company that ' knows what their company is about and how to run it ? just because we think it should be different? I don't think so.
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It would certainly be bad to restrict parents to how they discipline their ( naughty child) . Children are not born ' ready made ' good kids'.They have to be taught how to behave and grow up with a sense of respect for others and elders. This doesn't happen automatically but by parents who have a natural ' built in ' if you like ' code of correct conduct. If your child is about to put it's hand on a hot stove ' you may just have to ' smack it off. This ' bill' would confuse any well meaning parent.
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How can the law be the same for children as for adults? Their not the same . Children BECOME adults. Without ADULTS discipline' children will become ' adult ' brats, disrespectful and even criminals ' you name it. Have you ever known a parent to grow up as a ' child'? being disciplined by one ( thats crazy). Parents help their children with growing skills that they wouldn't do for already grown up people. A smack to a child is NOT child abuse. I along with my siblings were brought up on the ' smack' and not one of us have disgraced society in any way. We are glad our parents brought us up to know ' right from wrong'. Which unfortunately ' is to be looked up in a dictionary ' for some '
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While I agree with giving children a good sense of ' self worth' and are to be treated in a just and respectful manner. It's wrong to place adults in a place of ' humiliation' where a ' childs demands' aren't checked or be seen as bad manners or uncontrolled anger. Teenagers would go through all kinds of hormonal changes and while we would have sympathy for them , we have to still use adult discipline and correction. I think the media has been too easy to encourage young ones to ' think and act in ways they wouldn't normally be. I never came across anyone who being smacked as a child, thought their parents ' abused them' In fact quite the opposite' they'd say ' they deserved it and are grateful to these parents who gave them a smack.