Bag's Rants

As if it is not bad enough.

Now it appears that 'experts' say that there should be a total ban on smacking. Read more here.

Are things not bad enough?

It is plain that parents are losing control of their kids on a daily basis and, in my opinion, this can only be because there is no punishment for anything they do. How do you chastise a eight year old. Ban them from going out? In this day and age if they see the outside of their home they are on their way to school, if they want to go that is. They will be quite happy staying in playing games. Stop their pocket money? They will just nick it and then what do you do? No, a quick smack and they soon learn.

I smacked my kids, Oh! what an evil b4$^4&d I am. But they didn't need it beyond ten or so because they understand crime and punishment. But, what about the parents who really punch their kids? I believe that the punishment is there for those that do that to their children if it is required but we rarely do that. Why is that? It's because we want to make this less controversial. So going to Mr Lunatic and trying to stop him is not the same as going to Mr Ordinary and stopping him. Then they can be seen to be doing something. We stop thousands a year, they say, but the odd one, the real b4$^4&d, is amazingly enough the ones that slip the net. Why is that? Is it because he doesn't cooperate yet the other suckers do because they think they have nothing to fear?

It does not do you any good to think these people are out to help you. As all these do gooders then blame the parents for lack of control and fine or jail them for the kids bad behavior.

No wonder so many people are not having kids and leave it to the 'child bearing class'. They by the way in general seem to be the worse when it comes to kids out of control. But being on the social they have no money to be fined and you can't jail them as they have lots of kids to look after, usually on their own. It's expensive to look after them to send mummy away for a few days to teach her a lesson.

It's the classic situation. Let's interfere in something that has been working OK for hundreds, if not thousands, of years because we think it is a bad idea and then make it compulsory because we are always right. We pay these guys to do this. Why is that? If there was some sort of study that performed an analysis and came to a conclusion on smacking then I would be happier. Not some 'experts' working for children's rights or the UN who surely have other things to do.

Thank God I don't have to bring up kids in this day and age.

posted by Bag @ 12:39 pm