| I have to say that the whole issue (especially in NZ) is farcical.
What constitutes physical violence?
Restraint certainly does. So all of the; shut up in a room; confined to the naughty chair (etc.) stuff is also physical violence. If you do this stuff to an adult most places they have a legal redress.
Two of the most rabidly anti-spank parents I know routinely inflict the most appallingly violent psychological attacks on their children (lets just call it angry in the face yelling). If that is the alternative I say go the spank. - Curdis. |