Sorry David...on this I will have to disagree with. The last thing we need is for kids to now see that their parents get in trouble for disciplining them. Their behavior will do nothing but escalate.
I know that if I saw my mother have to go to before a judge and was put on probation, which to me would have meant that if mommy does that again she gets in even more trouble...then I would have pushed buttons until I could get her to do it again. And I was not a trouble maker as a youth. But there were times that I took a belt to the back side. And you can bet that whatever I took it for...I did NOT do it again.
And I have seen far too many children in the world today that have been given no discipline and they run rampant all over their parents and have no respect for authority. This is a law that I would be fighting.
There are other forms of punishment. However you make a good point. Maybe I was spanked more than I deserved. I know that if I saw my mother have to go to before a judge and was put on probation, which to me would have meant that if mommy does that again she gets in even more trouble...then I would have pushed buttons until I could get her to do it again. And I was not a trouble maker as a youth. But there were times that I took a belt to the back side. And you can bet that whatever I took it for...I did NOT do it again.
And I have seen far too many children in the world today that have been given no discipline and they run rampant all over their parents and have no respect for authority. This is a law that I would be fighting.