I was dismayed, although not completely shocked to find this newspaper article concerning abuse of a child.
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Posted January 9, 2007

Man charged with abusing child

A 39-year-old man was charged with physical abuse of a child Monday in Stupid County Circuit Court.

According to the criminal complaint, John Doe of 123 Sesame St., allegedly hit his 10-year-old daughter repeatedly on the buttocks with an open hand on Friday because he found food containers in the girl's room.

The girl's sister allegedly told police Doe hit the victim 15 times and he looked really mad because "she saw veins sticking out of his arm when he was striking her sister," the complaint said.

If convicted, Doe faces up to 1½ years in prison, 2 years of extended supervision and $10,000 in fines.

Sheboygan Press
http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/SHE0101/701090446/1062/SHEnews

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I had heard a couple years ago that it had become illegal to spank your child in this state, but had ignorantly hoped that it was something that had been done to pacify a small group of lobbyists. I never thought there would really be a time when the state would dictate the proper raising of someone's children. I mean come on, politicians can't be trusted to do their jobs right; how could they be allowed to decide what the right way to rear kids, even if they could all agree on such a plan?

And yet here it is, a man possibly facing jail time for spanking his daughter for being naughty. And with a bare hand, no less! He didn't even use a wooden spoon, or a belt, or even a yardstick! The other daughter says she could tell he was really mad because he had veins popping out from his arm. Well hell yeah he was angry! He was giving her a spanking, wasn't he?

I was spanked as a child, as were my siblings. Of course we didn't like it, and of course our parents were angry when they did it. Was it wrong? Of course not. We were being brats, and needed to be snapped back to reality. But, it appears the youth of today will be allowed to continue languishing in brat-land while their parents are left to plead, "Please stop hitting your sister.......please don't color on the walls...........please do your chores," until eventually it becomes, "Please stop stealing cars.......please stop dealing drugs.....etc.."

I am dead-set on raising my children in an environment where they will learn some kind of self-control and discipline. I am a product of my parents efforts to do the same, and if I may say so, I'm a pretty normal guy. But in this society, where busy-bodies go around getting into peoples' business and the moral fiber of the country is suffering for it, I just don't know if it's possible to do it here. Maybe it is, but there are plenty of places where society works for you, and not against.

Hooray for America! Where people are free to do as they please. Unfortunately, it also means that if you get enough suckers to agree with you, you can pass some damn stupid laws. I could probably go on ranting about how this society is devolving into some type of hedonistic mecca, where anything is ok as long as it makes you feel good, otherwise it's illegal.............but I'll save that for another time.

P.S.    I have learned since the writing of this entry that in this state it is illegal for anyone other than the parent of a child to spank the child. This includes daycare providers, babysitters and grandparents. Not quite as bad as denying parents the right, but what kind of discipline can be taught in a daycare where children have to be "reasoned with"?

 

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