Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
New anti-spanking ads sponsored by the Toronto Board of Health
So im watching tv and this ad comes on with a rose and kids laughing. The the rose gets cut and a voice over comes on that says
"Spanking hurts more than you think. Parenting is hard, but it shouldn't hurt."
And the ad is from the Toronto Board of Health.
I personally think this ad is very offensive and an abuse of taxpayer money. They are implying here that parents who spank their kids are some sort of criminal or social pariah. In effect, they are calling my parents who werent afraid to give me a good smack when i deserved it, child abusers.
The fact that this ad is being aired is bad enough, but what is really offensive is that they are using taxpayer money to fund it. I'm sick and tired of governments and special interest groups trying to push their lifestyles and beliefs on our society and then going a step beyong by making anyone who doesnt agree with their point of view look like a social pariah.
I am lodging a complaint with the CRTC online this afternoon. Enough is enough
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Oct-13-2006 19:27
Cro_Addict
Shit 'N Piss
Registered: Oct 2006
Location: Detroit (formerly Toronto (formerly Winsdor))
yeah and then they wonder why most of the kids in the country are fricken corrupted..
i got my share of slaps, but they were all well desereved....teaches me a lesson...unlike being told "plz honey dont do that..its bad" that doesnt do shit
Oct-13-2006 19:28
Yohan
Champion of Deep&Nu-disco
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
Once words (and reasoning) fail, how else you're going to get a child to listen?
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Cause every time you turn on the music, I can't control what comes over me.
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Originally posted by Swamper
You put them in a room and play Happy Hardcore. oh...maybe not.. they might like that!
hahahahahaha
Oct-13-2006 19:39
Abercrombie
myspace.com/ashesband
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Aurora Borealis
I grew up with an easter european father, so like others here, I know what it is growing up by the hard hand.
I would never make my kids go through what I have, however from my experience, and all child/adolescent psychology courses offered at OU, a tap on the butt is not to make the pain that makes the kid remember what's wrong. It's the embarassment caused by the tap that is enduring.
I believe the butt should be the only place where a hand should lay if a child does not respond to vocal coaching.
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Oct-13-2006 19:40
DigDeep
SleazEaddict
Registered: May 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario
ghey.
i'm totally spanking my kids if they deserve it. lol.
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
the subjectivity related to the debate of whether you can on cannot; should or should not hit you child is unreal. If I had kids, and I hit them and the feds came knocking at my door, I would laugh. Both parties have a fighting chance of winning in court.
Someone needs to take this nonsense to court, win and set a legal precedence that allows parents to take back control of their homes.
My kid comes home after causing a rukus at school, fighting, swearing etc etc....their ass is getting the spoon...end o' story.
Last edited by 7-4-7 on Oct-13-2006 at 20:06
Oct-13-2006 19:44
MarkT
Automatic Static
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto
Re: New anti-spanking ads sponsored by the Toronto Board of Health
quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
So im watching tv and this ad comes on with a rose and kids laughing. The the rose gets cut and a voice over comes on that says
"Spanking hurts more than you think. Parenting is hard, but it shouldn't hurt."
And the ad is from the Toronto Board of Health.
I personally think this ad is very offensive and an abuse of taxpayer money. They are implying here that parents who spank their kids are some sort of criminal or social pariah. In effect, they are calling my parents who werent afraid to give me a good smack when i deserved it, child abusers.
The fact that this ad is being aired is bad enough, but what is really offensive is that they are using taxpayer money to fund it. I'm sick and tired of governments and special interest groups trying to push their lifestyles and beliefs on our society and then going a step beyong by making anyone who doesnt agree with their point of view look like a social pariah.
I am lodging a complaint with the CRTC online this afternoon. Enough is enough
your assumptions, exaggerations and bias in this post are laughable.
so from that quote, YOU have interpreted it that parents who spank their kids are implied to be "criminals", "social pariahs" and "child abusers".
um...or maybe they may be suggesting that it's easy to hit a kid...not so easy to communicate, teach and PARENT a kid. Parents are becoming increasingly detached from their kids lives and perhaps teaching them a silly "might makes right" lesson by physically punishing or intimidating them into listening to you isn't the best option.
The extensions you make are ridiculous.
Oct-13-2006 19:46
van haaster
tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Wait a minute here.
There is a fine line between an occasional swat to a kid that's pushed his parents to the brink ….. and full-on child abuse. It's hard for parents to always know where that line is.
I think the ads are intended to be a reminder to parents to keep any corporal punishment "in check".
I believe that too much physical punishment can be pretty damaging to a kid. (And, guess what THAT kid's going to do to his kids when he grows up? yep.)
Oct-13-2006 19:47
DigDeep
SleazEaddict
Registered: May 2002
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Originally posted by 7-4-7
their ass is getting the spoon...end o' story.
when kids get beat by an object, i think that's where the line should be drawn. totally uncalled for.... although, i was threatened regularly with the 'wooden spoon' for years, by the time my mom got the nerve to use it on me I was 16, bigger than her, and the spoon had evaporated into a thin twig with a round end and snapped at the point of contact.
a simple spanking is all you need, to inject a certain level of fear that will stay in the kids head the next time they decide to go against their parents wishes or be out of line. scars and bruises should never be part of a childs learning process.