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| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
You studied human rights, well I've studied child and family development, psychology, AND children's rights. Human rights are at the very core of what I do, lol.
From the UN Convention:
Article 19 (Protection from all forms of violence): Children have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, physically or mentally. Governments should ensure that children are properly cared for and protect them from violence, abuse and neglect by their parents, or anyone else who looks after them. In terms of discipline, the Convention does not specify what forms of punishment parents should use. However any form of discipline involving violence is unacceptable. There are ways to discipline children that are effective in helping children learn about family and social expectations for their behaviour – ones that are non-violent, are appropriate to the child's level of development and take the best interests of the child into consideration. In most countries, laws already define what sorts of punishments are considered excessive or abusive. It is up to each government to review these laws in light of the Convention.
Your problem seems to be that you don't equate corporal punishment with abuse, when the fact is that ANY form of CP IS abuse. |
lol i know that... did you read the rest of the post, or just stop after you saw i studied them?
| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
if you're talking legally, the state has the ability to override individuals rights when they break the law.
extending this to a home, parents have the right to override a childs rights when they break the law.
if you're talking morally, there is no consensus at all, moral rights are created and passed on from parent to child: When moral rights are broken people must deal with the ramifications.
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i know what human rights doctrines claim. I also know that they are words which 1: Are biased, 2: Are not enforced, and 3: are constantly overlooked... especially the UN charter.
Its nice talking about theory, and i said multiple times i agree, corporal punishment should not be necessary, but I'm talking about practice.
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