State Representative Gail Finney , a Democrat from Wichita, Kansas, wants to pass a new bill that would allow teachers, parents and caregivers the right to strike a child with ten strikes that could leave redness and bruising.
The current law says that you can beat children, but not the point where it leaves a mark. The great news is, under the new law beating a child with belts, switches, or about the head or body with your fists would still be illegal.
From KCTV5 :. Kansas proponents of the bill say children are losing respect for authority and that parents need to be able to discipline without fear. Finney says if that is the case, she plans on reintroducing a similar proposal again next legislative session.
I think all it does is teach them that you are bigger and stronger than they are and that you can physically hurt them. Sometimes we think the only way to get a message across is a swift smack on the butt. I have done this before, and I usually felt so guilty afterward I cried more than my kid did. I have never spanked, spanked my kids, but I have hit them on the butt before.
But this proposal is so vastly different than that! I cannot think of anything a kid under the age of 10 could do that would warrant an actual beating that would leave marks. A year-old? Plus, can you imagine giving a teacher permission to hit your kid until they bruised? Moms are boring. There, Iβ¦. I never realized until I became a mom that one of the single most unifying opinions among women isβ¦.
