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BobG
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Chronos said:My dad got me a counselor when I was 10 ... his hand. It was effective. Apparently, that is no longer considered politically correct.
But it could possibly become legally correct, at least in Kansas. Possible, but not likely. There's a good possibility the bill will never be voted on, let alone passed.
Current Kansas law allows spanking that doesn't leave marks, but Finney’s legislation would allow up to 10 strikes of the hand that could leave redness and bruising. It would allow parents to give permission to others to spank their children.
I'm almost surprised things would reach a point where lawmakers would create (or attempt to create) laws on what constitutes legal spanking. On the other hand, I can see why one wouldn't want a person to be able to justify out and out child abuse as parental discipline.