Should we not have more strict laws to protect children from adult abuse?

Question

Should we not have more strict laws to protect children from adult abuse?

Answer 1

I dont think we need more laws. There are already enough laws made to protect children, they just have to be enforced better. Some of the laws they have now have actually made things much worse.

When I was a child, if I did something really bad, like stealing, lying, or being mean to people, I could expect a spanking from my mom or dad. This was used as a corrective measure to teach me boundaries and consequences for crossing those boundaries. It didn't happen but a few times in my whole life, but I learned some valuable lessons from them.

A few years ago I knew this couple that lightly swatted their 3 year old on the butt because she was trying to pull her new brother out of his baby carrier. Someone called social services and the children were taken away from them. They had to go through parenting classes before they could get thier children back. What did they learn in parenting classes given by our government? Never say no to your child and never correct them if they do wrong!  They say to divert their attention by giving them something else to do. So.... You give an unruly child a goodie when they are bad?

What kind of boundaries do children learn if parents cant say no?

Watch a few episodes of the Andy Griffith Show, just a generation ago that is the way life was. What happened? We lost control of our children. In a lot of families I've observed the children run the household and the parents jump through hoops to please them. These kids are brats.

All of this is because of laws passed to protect children from child abuse were expanded to protect them from normal parental correction.  

Answer 2

We do have strict laws for child abusers.

What we need to do besides enforcing them better is

Educate these children, because it seems common sense has completely gone out the window (and I'm only 18). They think age is just a number, and if you love one another it doesn't matter. Parents also need to be more strict and involved in their kids lives.

Jenxx

Answer 3

yess 4 sure

parents who are on the doll or government supported life...(no income at all)

who smoke, drink or drug up with children should not be allowed to have children

abuse is mainly caused from alcohol or drug abuse, smoking around children is terrible for a parent and drugs can cause abusive behaviour also neglect coz the parents are always drugged up and passed out..

poverty is also a large cause of violence and abuse....parents who can not afford to have a child should not be allowed to. to bring a child into a poverty or very poor environment means the child will be undernourished and under educated in many circumstances.

this mistreatment can make childrens self esteem low and therefor are more submisive and cowerdly this makes them a target to child abbuse and bullying...

kids are a choice of life...it takes a strong relationship and reasonable wealth to raise a child ethically and properly

Answer 4

There ARE already strict laws...we just need to enforce them now

Answer 5

I don't think stricter laws are necessarily needed but better laws - there are too many loopholes and the laws are often unclear. Although I think better education could help, I think people underestimate how hard it is, emotionally, for a child or a teenager to say something - especially if they have been conditioned by the parent or adult not to talk about it, and in the case of the abuse being at the hand of the parents the child often has never had anybody to talk to, so expecting them to talk on their own is stupid. You also need clearer boundaries between what is abuse and what isn't, and more education on aspects of abuse which aren't physical or sexual.