It's back again

darkpagandeath

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/group-urges-blanket-ban-on-hitting-children-243772.html

love the title of the article as well "hitting" not smacking

Will this ever be brought in and if so what's to stop someone lying and saying you smacked your kid that has a grudge against you and so on ?

I think what we have at the moment “Reasonable chastisement” is fine.

Banjo String

Misleading thread title.

I thought this was about your foreskin OP.

Nodin

....why are people hitting kids with a blanket?

Pandora2

Should only ever been done in self-defence!!

darkpagandeath

Pandora2 wrote: »

Should only ever been done in self-defence!!

Interesting if it's will be illegal to hit kids will it be illegal for kids to hit adults ?

Pandora2

I've been 'hit' and I've been smacked there is a huge difference!! How might they police this one wonders? Are we moving to a situation where children are to inform on their parents or will we have some sort of monitoring device for same? Will neighbours be expected to report such behaviour? Where will we get all the AGS/Social Workers to deal with this? Where will the foster parents appear from when these children are removed from their parents for brutality?

Perhaps we should focus a little more on children who are actually being abused and the supports they need, just a thought!

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

I would never hit/smack my kid ever ever ever but why the **** should there be a law stating someone else can't give their own child a little slap when their out of line or whatever, it's their ****ing sh1ty kid, let them ****ing deal with it their own way.

uch

I Like Beer

Nodin

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Interesting if it's will be illegal to hit kids will it be illegal for kids to hit adults ?

would it be legal to hit a kid with another kid?

efb

So No to Blankets!
Duvets FTW

RobbingBandit

Damn there was me thinking Stephen King was writing about his clown again. Damn you OP getting my hopes up like that,

Savoir.Faire

You should never beat your children. A much better alternative is to shove them into a coal bunker for a few hours to think about their latest bit of roguish behaviour.

BeerWolf

uch wrote: »

I Like Beer

Can't say the same towards you though...

anncoates

They keep interferin'

I keep paddlin'

D1stant

Nodin wrote: »

would it be legal to hit a kid with another kid?

You'd probably have to ensure one of them is from outside the EU

AnonoBoy

They're calling for a blanket ban?

Who the hell hits a kid with a blanket?

A rolled up wet towel gets far better results.

Karl Stein

'I was hit when I was a kid and it did me no harm at all'

Pol Pot.

danniemcq

Punching kids = no no
Smacking a kid on the back of the leg/arm with an open cupped palm = no problem

I remember as a kid I'd often get a smack and it done me no harm.

Last night there was a Mass on our street and a kid of maybe 10 or 11 was there with his Granny. The wee b*stard started moaning instantly that he wanted to go to the shop and eventually after his granny said no he just turned and walked off.

Fast forward a few minutes and the kid is back this time asking for money for the nearby takeaway. Granny again says no and tells him to be quiet, kid starts crying and i don't mean a little whine but a full blown waterworks, tears, sniffles, hankies everything.

thats a kid that needs a smack to learn some fecking manners

Godeatsboogers

I thought smacking kids was more of a boundary setter, but ive seen the parents who think its about physical punishment smack their kids and thats borderline sodomy

IvySlayer

That 45% needs breaking down btw

The 45% said they used smacking from ''rarely'' to ''now and again'', but no, they put it on top of the article to shock people. Infact they say half of parents, which is a lie according to the study.

I don't agree with a blanket ban on smacking children.

Czarcasm

Godeatsboogers wrote: »

I thought smacking kids was more of a boundary setter, but ive seen the parents who think its about physical punishment smack their kids and thats borderline sodomy

It's this sort of hyperbole that makes people think the exact opposite of your intended emotional response.

Godeatsboogers

Czarcasm wrote: »

It's this sort of hyperbole that makes people think the exact opposite of your intended emotional response.

I like confusing people, and exaggerating