Press Release
For Immediate Release

Politicians Party over Parental Sellout

No matter how you slice it, Bradford's original intention in repealing
Section 59 was to make criminals out of parents who dared to use any
force, regardless of how light or reasonable, to correct their own
children, a core responsibility of parenthood.

This amendment does not effect this intention one iota: which is why
Bradford is so happy and did not pull the bill.

If this bill goes through, parents wanting to correct a child's bad
behaviour or speech or attitude or values or morals will be committing a
criminal act if any force of any kind is used. This is way beyond
smacking, which significantly isn't mentioned anywhere in the bill. To
correct a child is at the very least to force the parent's will on the
child, however that is done: physical force; appeals to cultural,
social, religious or traditional standards; warnings of loss of
privileges, intimidation, etc.

And to show how encompassing this criminalisation is, neither Bradford
nor anyone else has yet bothered to define what "correction" means, even
though it is about to become the latest crime to be added to the Crimes
Act. Neither is the term "force" defined nor limited to only physical
force.

Every parent in the country is under threat.

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