Submitted on Tuesday 27th October 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 9th February 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Abolish the legal defence of Reasonable Chastisement in England
The legal defence of Reasonable Chastisement permits parents and guardians and those acting in loco parentis to punish children. This has been proven to be detrimental to human wellbeing and is, additionally, a breach of children’s human rights under international law (The UNCRC).
How we treat our children influences how they will treat others. If we are violent and don’t respect their boundaries and rights we cannot expect them to behave any differently. Being hit and hurt by people who are meant to love and protect you is a terrible thing to experience and there is, quite simply, no justification for it. Our Government must abolish this barbaric and inhumane legal defence, now.
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