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-373 |
CADRP-373 |
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— No
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the bill is seeking to get rid of something described as REASONABLE.
No right thinking person would ever support something such as UNreasonable punishment, but REASONABLE means what it says - it is REASONABLE. To stop something that is REASONABLE is EXTREME.
the bill seeks to interfere with and prevent the REASONABLE rights of a parent to bring up his child in a way that he sees as right, using where REASONABLE, corporal punishment as one of a number of strategies to ensure discipline that will lead to maturity and a sense of duty in the child as he grows up, becoming a responsible contributing member of society.
A degree of corporal punishment is also an important if regrettable way of sometimes ensuring that the child responds to instructions which if disobeyed could put the child or others in danger.
REASONABLE corporal punishment is not child beating or abuse or a vent for frustration and anger. It is there for the benefit of the child and the entire society to which he belongs.
Lack of discipline and control of children has very damaging consequences for all, and this bill will do nothing but undermine society at a moral, health and prosperity level.
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No, it is undermining the family and the very foundations of civilisation.
It is an unwarranted intrusion into the rights of people to bring up their families in a way they see fit.
We do not need more interference in our lives from politicians, civil servants, social workers and their agents, including the police.
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If passed it will undoubtedly be used by "liberals" to continue the campaign against traditional values including the faiths that have founded our peaceful society and it's values.
It will simply be used as a means of persecution, especially against Christians and Jews, possibly against Muslims, although the government is frightened of upsetting the latter.
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No, it is intended to overturn traditional living, persecuting those who believe in the righteous use of reasonable punishment as an essential part of bringing up their children.
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Although unsaid, the aim is to dictate how people live, continuing to alter the moral code that holds society together. Persecution, although on the face of it would seem unintended, is actually an inevitability.
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The long term implications will be the continued impoverishment of Wales by degrading the moral backbone of the nation, with direct consequences on the productivity and effort made by future generations in supporting themselves and others.
To achieve this, millions will be spent by "the authorities" in policing the enforcement of the law, making "child abusers" our of loving and responsible parents.
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It sounds all so caring and loving on the surface, stopping mean old parents from smacking their children, but it is a massive intrusion into the freedoms of parents to think and believe and hold moral values different from those being dictated by "big brother".
It is not loving and caring at all - it is destructive and hateful to the very generations it claims to want to "protect".
How can it be hateful? By removing one of the means of discipline that produces valuable hard working responsible and caring young people.