The "Smacking Bill"

It is not a "Smacking Bill". It is removal of a provision that means that parents who are violent to their children are simply not brought before the courts. Maybe it should go further, but it does not. Why all this debate about "Smacking" being some kind of holy ritual is beyond me, but each time you strike your kid you are basically teaching your kid to use tactics and naughty behaviour in opposition to your will. Yes I am a parent. I speak from experience. Kids who are never ever smacked usually end up being very civil and kind individuals who excel at school. Hitting your kids makes them more stupid as it teaches them they are inferior. It teaches them to lash out at problems. The protest to "retain the right to smack children" is absurd. No law banning smacking has been proposed. The state has a duty to provide protection to children from cruelty and in-bred habitual punishment.