I'm certainly with you on tush-patting and branch-whipping. And on not taking an 11-year old who stops walking, speaking and eating to the hospital. I suspect (almost?) everyone on the list is. It's in-between that raises issues. I have no doubt that child abuse has a very high cost to society. I'm also confident that any effort to wipe out child abuse would also have a very high cost to society. Just look at the war on drugs. Who would ever have thought that we'd have SWAT teams breaking into innocent people's homes looking for marijuana, until we did? The costs of law enforcement need to be kept in mind, along with the costs of child abuse. There are no perfect solutions.
Art In a message dated 8/3/09 10:48:33 PM, hamilto...@aol.com writes: > Art- many studies now document the extreme disabilities visited upon > abused children. The cost to society is very high. Is a pat on the tush > abuse? No. Is a whipping with a tree branch? Probably > The term spanking is not terribly helpful > ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115& bcd=JulystepsfooterNO115)
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