Consultation on the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill
Tystiolaeth i’r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg ar gyfer craffu Cyfnod 1 Bil Plant (Diddymu Amddiffyniad Cosb Resymol) (Cymru) |
Evidence submitted to the Children, Young People and Education Committee for Stage 1 scrutiny of the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill |
CADRP-249 |
CADRP-249 |
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Parents should be allowed to discipline their own children appropriately, and an occasional smack from a loving parent is NOT a form of abuse. It seems to me that far too much emotive language has been used around the whole issue, particularly by the press and politicians. The police have enough to do without criminalising thousands of loving and caring parents, but it would be their duty to investigate allegations, leading to the possible removal of children from their homes. The state does not have the right to interfere in dictating to parents how to discipline their own children in the home environment - it is the role of the parent to decide how to discipline their child. Treating ordinary parents like abusers could cause unnecessary anxiety for children and stigmatise their parents.
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DEFINITELY NOT! Unreasonable chastisement is already unlawful, whereas ‘reasonable chastisement ‘ only protects parents who use a mild smack.
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A recent poll suggests that the vast majority of the electorate in Wales are against this proposed legislation.
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No. Previous findings appear to have been ignored.
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Note previous comments in 1.2 regarding understaffed police force, criminalising parents, removal of children, etc
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