Let’s talk about…kids and government

How in the world can we give our kids what they need in life if our government sticks it’s nose in our home and personal affairs?

I am not one of those people who want to over throw our government, but let me tell you… after looking at this mornings headlines and like many other mornings. Most certainly, like many other days of headline news, the government is invading our personal “bubbles”.

I just think that it is our own personal right to discipline, guide, nurture,  and love our own kids  the best way we see fit. Too often you hear about the government charging parents with something that their children have done, yet the government tells us that we are not right when we try to punish them and in the way we see fit. The kid, in my opinion, would not had been in trouble so much, enough to warrant the parent’s arrest, if they had of had some form of discipline or consequence, for their actions. Yet, our government steps into our homes and calls it child abuse.  Um…ok…not.

I am not a gun-ho disciplinarian, but I did punish my kids when need be, and they did get consequences for deliberate disobedience. I would have probably been locked up myself, considering that our government thinks physical punishment, is bad. I also did a lot of re-directing, my kids when they were young. It worked most of the time, but there was occasions it didn’t.  I had time-outs, and taking away privileges and “what not”but I disagree with the government telling me how to do things when it comes to my own family or my own free will.

I am not trying to start a “over ride” of policies or start a “hate” campaign. I just wish that the government would mind their own business. I do not walk into their offices and tell them how to do things, especially when I don’t know what it is about. Follow me here? Even if you agree or disagree, we should come to a joint agreement that we all are entitled to certain inalienable rights. Right?

One of the most important things we have are our kids. Our children are the best gift we have been giving. If we have our hands, “tied”, how are we to help them to be the best and happiest , that they can be.

Locking the parents up who spanked their child…

Or walking into a person’s home and removing their kids, without just cause or on a “here say”…

I have a hard time with this.

There are real cases of abuse and deliberate harm to a kid that happens. There are mean parents that intentionally hurt their kids. They should be the ones to get put into jail. When there are people though that want what’s best for their kids, they should be commended.

Not apprehended!

Thanks for reading!

Have a good day, share away!

Michelle, MwsR ❤

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More Information for you!!!

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Parental Rights, Parental Responsibilities

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that parents have a fundamental right to rear their children without undue interference by the government. (Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925.) But, in the same decision, the Court upheld the power of states to force parents to ensure that their children attend school. So, parenting is by no means an unfettered right and, as with many rights, it carries significant legal responsibilities

https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/juvenile/parents-responsibility-childs-criminal-actions

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Status crimes

Some parental responsibility laws hold parents legally accountable for allowing their children to engage in conduct that would not be illegal if done by an adult, such as skipping school (truancy) or breaking curfew laws. Truancy and curfew violations are considered “status crimes,” because they penalize conduct that is only illegal based on the status (in this case, age) of the person engaged in the conduct. As mentioned above, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the power of states to compel school attendance. And parental responsibility to make sure children attend school is an “affirmative duty,” meaning that a parent has to actively ensure their attendance. (An exception to truancy laws has been made for home schooling that meets state standards.)

Courts have also upheld parental responsibility under curfew laws applyed to minors, based on the vulnerability of children and the public interest in protecting their welfare.

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Contributing crimes

Any adult, not merely a parent or guardian, may be prosecuted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor if the adult encourages or induces the minor to engage in criminal activity. For example, an adult (whether a parent of a child or not) who furnishes a minor with alcohol will be prosecuted under state law penalizing contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Unlike parental responsibility for status crimes (which is generally based on negligent parenting), parental liability under contributing crimes is based on the parent (or other adult) having actually enabled or induced the minor’s illegal conduct.

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http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx/

Parents in the domestic trenches are probably not all that interested in what the research shows anyway. Despite a battery of disciplinary techniques, including the infamous “time out,” redirection and the increasing emphasis on positive discipline (try substituting “hold the cup carefully” for “don’t spill your juice”), spanking and slapping are still pretty popular.

Moms and dads who spank do so because they believe it’s effective, and research actually shows that it is — in the short-term. A child reaching for a tempting object will stop if he gets swatted. “It does work in the immediate moment, but beyond that, in most cases, it’s very ineffective,” says Holden. “The most common long-term consequence is that children learn to use aggression.”

http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/28/would-you-record-yourself-spanking-your-kids/

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https://www.newsmax.com/US/spanking-studies-children-spock/2010/01/07/id/345669/

Dr. Diana Baumrind of the University of California, Berkeley and her teams of professional researchers over a decade conducted what is considered the most extensive and methodologically thorough child development study yet done. They examined 164 families, tracking their children from age four to 14. Baumrind found that spanking can be helpful in certain contexts and discovered “no evidence for unique detrimental effects of normative physical punishment.”

She also found that children who were never spanked tended to have behavioral problems, and were not more competent than their peers.

As in climate change, politicians all over the world seem out of touch with the most rigorous science regarding parental discipline. The newest research could constitute powerful ammunition to parents rights activists seeking to reverse the global trend of intrusive governments muscling themselves between the rod and the child.

Read Newsmax: Pro-Spanking Studies May Have Global Effect | Newsmax.com
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http://www.imom.com/21-creative-consequences/#.W3rn1_ZFxYc