Corporal Punishment of Young People
Posted on March 7th, 2006 | by admin |
Motion
Corporal Punishment of Young People
Conference notes that:
• Research clearly shows that corporal
punishment of children is ineffective as a
form of discipline, legitimizes violence and
may have long-lasting effects on the selfesteem
and mental health of individuals.
• There is growing public support for
protecting children and reforming the law on
physical punishment of children.
Professional support for this measure is near
unanimous.
• The UK must be brought into line with the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of
the Child (Article 19), ratified by all the
member states of the Council of Europe and
the European Social Charter (Article 17).
• Sixteen other European countries have
already passed laws to protect children from
physical punishment.
Conference believes that:
• Children, who are among the most
vulnerable in our society, have the right to
the same protection under the law on assault
as any adult.
• Reforming the law has an important part to
play in changing attitudes and encouraging
parents to use effective, non-violent methods
of discipline.
• Law reform must be accompanied by a
public education campaign about the
detrimental effects of hitting children and
alternative positive parenting methods and a
committed investment in family services to
support parents.
Conference therefore calls for legislation to ban
all physical punishment of children, a public
education campaign on positive methods of
discipline and an increase in universally
available services to support parents with
positive parenting.
Debated amendment
Following on from section “Conference believes
that;”
Delete:
“Reforming the law” from second bullet point
and replace with “Education.”
In third bullet point delete:
“Law reform must be accompanied by ” and
replace with “We require”
In final paragraph delete;
“legislation to ban all physical punishment of
children”
Which would then read;
Conference therefore calls for a public education
campaign on positive methods of discipline and
an increase in universally available services to
support parents with positive parenting.
Uncontested amendment
Add after ‘family services to support parents’:
At the same time, as socialists we recognise that
poverty, lack of support networks and cuts in
council services all increase the pressures on
parents and make it mor! e difficult to live up to
the models of good parenting. We should
therefore challenge all attempts by New Labour
politicians to scapegoat poor parents over this
issue and in all our publicity, should highlight
the need for services which address the material,
social and emotional needs of parents, primary
carers and children, particularly in deprived
areas.
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25 Responses to “Corporal Punishment of Young People”
By JenGem on Sep 4, 2007 | Reply
oupse I ment to …
oupse I ment to give you a thumbs down, but I clicked at the wrong time.
I was abused as a child, and my mom and dad hit me out of anger, that WAS bad, but not every spanking is out of anger. I will spank my children (when they are old enough to understand) It is only ment to help them grow to be healthy grownups, never to be out of anger.
By L0LImAnna on Sep 23, 2007 | Reply
Evil teenagers…. …
Evil teenagers….what about evil 6 year olds? X_x Becuase I was evil when I was 5 and 7 and stuff bt I’m not evil now <_<
By Lisnagunogue on Sep 24, 2007 | Reply
I don’t. I got my …
I don’t. I got my ear clipped and my arse slapped and quickly learnt not to repeat the action which caused it. I can understand why it could be claimed by some to be the actions bourne from frustration, but not in all cases. I think that punsihment, of any kind, must be administered with repsect and love – and YES I believe smacking can be. It was with me, and has been with my son. He no longer needs smacked – productive learning
By RobinHood1969 on Oct 16, 2007 | Reply
Get your kids off …
Get your kids off the war list!! Stop the “No child left behind act”!!!!!
By XsweetsacraficeX on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply
kids need there …
kids need there asses beat once and a while! wtf is wrong with you ppl? shit i got hit all the time and i turned out fine, wake up ppl a lil time out isn’t going to faze a child!!
By XsweetsacraficeX on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply
i disagree, because …
i disagree, because, like i said i was hit all the time growing up and i ended up okay.
By Bikeman1087 on Nov 6, 2007 | Reply
Corporal punishment …
Corporal punishment should be brought back.
-For people who just can’t keep their hands away from other’s staff(example vehicles).
-For bulliers too.
By naptuk on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
wtf r u takin about …
wtf r u takin about bitches
By JessicaMay7 on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
you know what, let …
you know what, let me make this very brief and simple. okay: if adults arent allowed to hit adults, if children arent allowed to hit adults and if children arent allowed to hit children then how come children are the ones who are allowed to get hit?where is the justice in that when children are human beings just like adults? smacking is just wrong.hitting, belting,whipping,flogging,beating ect—its all wrong
By Garveergor on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
Spare the rod…
Spare the rod…
By JessicaMay7 on Nov 29, 2007 | Reply
‘ Ive turned out …
‘ Ive turned out fine’, ‘ never did me any harm’ oh and whats another one um..? oh yes,’Ive turned out okay’ – BULLSHIT. Pure and utter bullshit. When you make a statement such as that you are only strongly indicating that you havent turned out fine,that it did do you harm and well you kind of havent turned out as well as you hoped. God those words from some of you really frustrate me, and yeah, I AM completely %100 agaisnt corporal punishment. All i can say is that its wrong,simple.
By JessicaMay7 on Dec 2, 2007 | Reply
some of you truly …
some of you truly are masters when posting utter crap is concerned. ‘violence is the answer’ was a classic highlight, as well as’kids need their asses beat once in a while’ hm. right, very true yeah…no. sorry but it isnt true and it isnt right. the furthest any parent should go should be a quick smack on the hand,the backside on the other is sexual harrassment. unless your married/or not and do that stuff in the bedroom, its not appropriate. pls do get it right.
By kkandaub on Dec 18, 2007 | Reply
Spanking is only …
Spanking is only used as a last means/resort if all else fails. Some children need it more than others, but everyone grows up and spankings stop at certain ages. This is just overanalyzed and blown out of proportion. Haven’t ya’ll got something better to work on like child protection reform, the manipulative and deceitful ways of Child protection agencies?
By MDHmodder on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
This man speaks …
This man speaks truth. In fact I think there was one guy called norm lee who went out of his way to find a prison where he discovered one person there had not been punished corporally!
By MDHmodder on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
I would advise you …
I would advise you to reconsder. It’s not necessary and I know as someone who can testify to knowing some great, intelligent, gentle kids raised on the ideas of common (not pop) positive discipline. That’s all I’ll say.
To me, whether it’s a so called “gentle smack” or “abusively hitting with a large object” doesn’t make any difference. They are two things that relate in their approach, and that is to harm and to cause fear for obedience.
By MDHmodder on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
I’m not saying …
I’m not saying you’re insatisfactory, but how can you objectively look at yourself and know you would not be a happier person?
By MDHmodder on Jan 4, 2008 | Reply
There is something …
There is something very strange about your logic to me: How on earth is causing someone pain loving? If you loved them so much, why not use something that doesn’t involve harm if you can, but is just as effective?
By Taddo93 on Jan 24, 2008 | Reply
Corporal Punishment …
Corporal Punishment is Barbarian Savagery.
Anybody who even agrees with it should be tied to a wall and have stones thrown at them.
you want savage punishments, you get them!
By lepperxxxmessiah on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply
adults get away …
adults get away with a lot of outrageous things also, but who disciplines them? If jails and the army and other parts of society do not use corporal punishment why should schools and parents. corporal punishment is used to “modify and correct” the behavior of children, but what’s used to correct the behavior of the parents
By lepperxxxmessiah on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply
yea well i never …
yea well i never did, what do you have to say about that
By lepperxxxmessiah on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply
what about all the …
what about all the adults that mug old ladies suppose we’ll spank them as well
By lepperxxxmessiah on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply
could not agree …
could not agree with you me, its a very hypocritical concept
By NCOMUSCLE on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
The answer to that …
The answer to that of course is corporal punishment of adults. Robert Heinlein had it right. A short, sharp shock can be very beneficial when nothing else works.
By AnthonyUK on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
Criminalising …
Criminalising parents for smacking a child will only drive the problem underground where you cant control it, and such a law would be hard to enforce and difficult to uphold.
By gunsdontkillbulletdo on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
You want to assault …
You want to assault people and you say you turned out fine