MercuryNews.com | 01/18/2007 | No-spank bill on way
When Sweden did this years ago, Americans were amused. Now, here it comes to the largest state in the nation. The left wing of the Democratic party has always wanted to turn the US into Sweden. I thought they would start with Minnesota, but I guess California will do. This bill makes it a crime--a misdemeanor--to spank a 3 year old. Obviously the idea is to start with the young ones, so they can make the "why would anybody hit a 3 year old" argument, and then extend it to the rest of the kids. And the larger objective is to socialize parenting--to assert sweeping governmental control over the family. Hillary Clinton says it takes a village. I guess in California it takes a state legislature.



SACRAMENTO - The state Legislature is about to weigh in on a question that stirs impassioned debate among moms and dads: Should parents spank their children? Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, wants to outlaw spanking children up to 3 years old. If she succeeds, California would become the first state in the nation to explicitly ban parents from smacking their kids.