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Article: 'Spanking your child might land you in jail'.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- January 20, 2007
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'Spanking your child might land you in jail'
Silicon Valley, Jan 20 (PTI) Spanking a child under four years of age in the US could land parents in jail under a measure to be proposed by a California lawmaker.
Sally Lieber, the Bay Area assembly member who said she will introduce a bill that will make it illegal for parents to spank their children, has unleashed an intense public debate, with some describing it "progressive" and "inevitable" and others calling it "insanity taking control".
The Bay Area Democrat wants to make it a crime for anyone to spank young children, a misdemeanour punishable by upto a year in jail or USD 1,000 fine. The ...