Do you think Child protective services goes too far?
By mamajena
@mamajena (122)
United States
February 7, 2007 12:44am CST
I think that child protective agencies go too far when they go into our childrens schools and teach them to call 911 if their parents spank them. When I was growing up I recieved spanking if I deserved it and I turned out okay. I learn to respect my parents and the rules and knew that if I broke those rules that a spanking would be the conseqence if I did. It was a great deterent to bad behavior. Todays kids are growing up with out guidance and they certainly have no respect for themselves, their parents or any authority figure. I believe that this is because parents are afraid to discipline because we have all these government agencies interfering in our personal lives. I believe that cps has it's place and should remain in place to protect children from real abuse. I do however want them out of our schools and I want them to stop teaching our children to call the police if they are spanked or disciplined. What do you think?
1 response
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
7 Feb 07
Oh I agree with you. Spanking, when done right is a discipline it is not abuse. There is a difference and many need to realize that. Not everyone believes in spanking and that is their choice but for those who do they should be allowed to. The government is goign too far into the lives of people and tieing the hands of parents. I see too many who are afraid to be parents. No matter what they do they are threatened or harassed for doing it and the government tells these kids to call if their parents do anything that they don't like.
If you take something away you are abusing them by neglect, if you yell at them you are mentally abusing them, if you spank it's physical abuse, if you ground them you are holding them against their will, the list goes on and they tell the kids this without explaining that differences. They don't bother to explain what abuse really is they just tell them if mommy or daddy does something to make you feel real bad or hurts you to call 911. Well to a 5 year old having the tv taken away can hurt his feelings. He calls and tells them mommy and daddy are being mean to me. Well they come out and they might find that it was all a mistake but it still stays on the parents record until the child is 18. If they decide for some reason the child might be in danger then they take them and you have to then prove that they weren't.
Add to that if a parent deals with their child out side of the house in anyway, spanking them, yelling at them, even saying something not yelling but in a tone someone doesn't like they will come over and start complaining and telling you how to raise a child. They interfer and stick their noses in where it doesn't belong. Then they wonder why these kids are running wild and do not have any discipline. Well if you do you have someone on you for doing it. Doesn't matter what it is someone won't like it and parents are scared.
Yes abuse should be stopped but society needs to back off and let parents raise their kids. They need to be able to set limits and punishments. They need to decide what is best. Abuse and discipline are two very different things and they need to realize that once and for all.
