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Should smacking be banned?

Jan 05 08:04am

The great debate is back. It has been suggested that a ban on all smacking can help reduce mental illness.

An analysis of child killings between 1991 and 2005 has lead mental health professionals to call for an Australian smacking ban for all parents and guardians.

What do you think? Would a smacking ban help? Tell us below...

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11. shelleygoldsack21 - Jan 05 08:59am

It always depends on the child some children react very badly to a smack on the bottom where as others take it in there stride and it does them the world of good to know that actions have consequences. That seams to be lacking in today's children the knowledge that actions have consequences...

12. joeymac31 - Jan 05 09:02am

I was always smacked as a kid and it was horrible, I vowed to never smack my daughter and she is nine years old and well behaved. There are more intelligent ways to discipline your child than resorting to physical abuse. Like taking their favourite toy off them or sending them to their room.

13. fmeyac - Jan 05 09:03am

Hi this is Julie i think a good smack would do most of the kids these days a good lesson as not one of them that i have come across has any respect for any grown up i know this boy that flogs into his mum & she never once smacked him so look at that and think did we ever go like to our mum or dad no

14. kazzaroonie69 - Jan 05 09:04am

My parents smacked my borther and I, but then they realised that grounding us or stopping us from doing somethinhg that we loved was more effective then a smack. As mum said, the smack only last a short time, grounding us lasted so much longer and it worked I never made the same mistake twice Karen

15. kewberry - Jan 05 09:05am

As a child I was smacked when I did something wrong. It made me know right from wrong. I knew my parents had to be listened to and obeyed or I would be in trouble. It's a pity that this lesson has been lost over the years, because we now have to live with a lot of kids who don't know respect.

16. karenkatipa - Jan 05 09:14am

Morning Kochie and Kylie,
Think of it this way.... we don't go around slapping our work collegues or those people around us who are frustrating us ... we would be had up for assault... so why smack the babies ???

Karen

17. michaececolini - Jan 05 09:15am

My husband and I have a rule 'theres no smacking in this house'.
It keeps things simple I have to find ways of teaching my daughter how to behave in this world without constantly resorting to physically hitting her.

18. friedfishgill@ymail.com - Jan 05 09:18am

I feel that it should be compulsory for all parents to complete a PPP parenting programFor many people smacking is the only form of discipline they know. To remove it without replacing it will leave an even more unruly and undisciplined society than we already have.

19. pailin19 - Jan 05 09:19am

Yes smacking should be banned. If we as the adults, can think of no better way to discipline our children than to do what we teach them not to then we are all trouble.There is enough violence in the world without having it in the home as well.

99% of smacking is an adult temper tantrum.

20. micethemouse - Jan 05 09:19am

The only people who are going to be punished from this ban is the good parents. Do we really think that the parents who are going too far are going to stop themselves and say opps I can't do this any more? Child abuse, child rape and murder is against the law and yet it still happens.

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