A hiding to nothing?
The NSPCC is a well respected charity that has been working for the benefit of children for many years, but now we find that it is undermining biblical values in regard to the upbringing of children and has mounted a vigorous campaign against physical punishment.
Heather Tinker
Draft laws were put before our parliament and assemblies to make smacking a child a criminal offence. They were defeated because it was deemed that our child abuse laws are quite adequate for dealing with any real abuse that takes place. The NSPCC has produced a booklet called 'Encouraging better behaviour. A practical guide to positive parenting'. This sounds promising until you look inside and see that it comes from a thoroughly secular humanistic world view and is very emotive in its dealing with physical punishment, compared to a naively unrealistic approach to other means of behaviour management.
