Smacking Children Should Be Illegal

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Should there be an outright ban in the smacking of children? Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, my name is Dr. Melinda Smith and I’m a pediatrician at the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital. Thank you for coming to the Children’s Welfare Association of Victoria to hear my speech as I look at the issues underlying the “right to smack a child.” |By looking at these issues in an orderly way, I will demonstrate that as an open-minded society, we should not smack children. I would like to share three positive points as to why there should be an outright ban on the smacking of children. The three points I’ll be sharing with you today are that: | | |There are better alternatives for behaviour modification |Children all over the world share the same basic needs for safety, | |Children vs. parent rights |health, nurturance and dignity. | |And that smacking your child causes lasting negative psychological |Hitting your child as a punishment is an ineffective discipline | |effects. |strategy for children of all ages and furthermore, it is dangerous. | | |It conflicts with these goals and has no place in any child’s life. | |My first argument is that there are better alternatives for behaviour|Many parents continue to hold the view that it is their right to | |modification, and that smacking your child is not one of them. |discipline their child in whatever way they see fit. | |Childhood is an extremely unique and critical stage of life. | | |They suggest that using smacking is the best way to ensure that their|Make sure that your

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