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To: greenspirit who wrote (20566)	4/17/1998 2:19:00 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Michael, the Child Protection Agency does save children's lives, although regrettably about four thousand children still die at the hands of their parents and families in the U.S. every year. Many of these children have already come to the attention of the authorities. Child Protective Services includes social workers and a children's court system as well as law enforcement capacity. How would you really turn all this over to a police department? I thought police departments were overloaded, too. The article you provided a couple of days ago had as one of its beliefs taking children out of unsafe and unhealthy family situations a lot sooner than we do it now. I was really confused about that article. It had a lot of points I generally agree with. Where did it come from, anyway? Only 41% of college educated parents believe is is okay to spank children. As the educational level of the parents decreases, spanking becomes much more popular. Already, on both coasts spanking is not prevalent, but it is more so in deeply religious areas of the United States, and in the interior. One thing I believe is that education is the key to changing behavior, and that is why I wish there were mandatory child development classes in high school. I think if people realized that there are better ways to discipline children effectively, that don't damage them, then maybe spanking would become something that people don't do anymore. So that's the way I would try to change public opinion--by education--and then the majority would not be willing to live with spanking being an acceptable thing to do to your child.