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August 3, 2015

UN: Jail Parents Who Spank Their Children

"Under the guise of advancing what the United Nations characterizes as 'human rights,' the UN 'Human Rights Committee' released a report urging U.K. authorities to prosecute parents who smack or spank their children - even when used as a disciplinary tool. The UN report continued, advocating that the government launch a tax-funded propaganda campaign against corporal punishment and parents who choose to use it in disciplining their children...

It was not the first time that UN bureaucrats have claimed that spanking, smacking, and all forms of corporal punishment must be banned worldwide in favor of UN-approved parenting strategies, and it certainly will not be the last. In fact, a similar UN 'human rights' report about the United States released last year called on the U.S. government to ignore the Constitution's limits on federal power and pass legislation banning all corporal punishment of children across America - including mild spankings by parents in the home used as a disciplinary tool..."
Date
August 3, 2015
Title
UN: Jail Parents Who Spank Their Children, The New American
Author(s)
Alex Newman
Original Source
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/21354-un-jail-parents-who-spank-their-children
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