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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Neocon who wrote (66197)12/12/1999 8:10:00 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
<<I do not think that they have the right "to hurt their children". I do think that part of the compact of our democracy is to leave people alone in matters like child rearing unless there is a compelling reason to interfere......>>

Your argument seems illogical to me, Neocon. The results of the Canadian study at the very least would certainly strongly suggest that you ARE hurting your children when you spank them--not only the immediate physical pain but long-term damage to the psyche. The same results would imply that there IS a compelling reason to interfere, for the benefit not only of the children but of society as a whole.

There is a belief held mostly by conservatives, it would seem, that children are the property of their parents. Others believe that they are small human beings with full human rights, deserving of protection from people who hit them. It is an interesting debate.
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