{"id":20794,"date":"2022-03-25T14:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=20794"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:52:21","slug":"seriously-out-of-whack-government-makes-it-a-crime-to-spank-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/seriously-out-of-whack-government-makes-it-a-crime-to-spank-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Seriously out of whack: Government makes it a crime to spank a child"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bob Unruh<\/a> – March 21, 2022<\/p>\n

Starting now, if a parent spanks a disobedient child that action could result in a criminal record in one country.<\/p>\n

And it applies to anyone who has responsibility for a child, such as a relative or caretaker when the parent is absent.<\/p>\n

And it applies to visitors \u2013 and their children \u2013 too.<\/p>\n

The new law has been implemented in Wales, which followed Scotland in deciding that no corporal punishment on a child is legal, ever.<\/p>\n

Physical punishment already was a violation of the law in schools, children’s homes, local authority foster care homes and childcare settings.<\/p>\n

Even hitting a child already was considered common assault even by a parent or caretaker.<\/p>\n

But the law allowed them to raise the defense that it was a reasonable punishment.<\/p>\n

Now that option is gone.<\/p>\n

The BBC<\/a> said Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford called it a “historic” day for children there.<\/p>\n

The ban is on anything involving a “smack, hit, or slap” of a child.<\/p>\n

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