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Locking up Parents? A Response to the Government' Consultation on the Physical Punishment of Children


  Author: Colin Hart, Simon Calvert, Mike Judge
Publisher: The Christian Institute
Publication:
Document Date:                  April 01, 2000
Category: Family, Religion and Culture > Religion and Family
Related Categories:
Children > Abused Children
Crime And Violence > Child Abuse/Neglect
Family Relations > Parent/Adult Child Relations
Parenthood/Childrearing > Discipline
Parenthood/Childrearing > Parenting Style
Public Policy > Parental Rights
 

This paper, published by the Christian Institute, presents a Biblical perspective on corporal punishment (spanking). It uses biblical passages to provide support for spanking and proposes that the current laws in the UK remain supportive of parents' rights to discipline in this way.

 

 

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