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Old 11-04-2007, 10:20   #39
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Re: Banning smacking in public places

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
Child abuse takes many forms and needs no physical contact to enforce it......shouting at a child a couple of inches from it's face.....child abuse?.....effing and jeffing(for want of a better word) at a child.....child abuse?.....calling a child 'stupid'...ignorant etc......child abuse?
None of these forms of abuse will leave any mark that the eye can see....but be under no illusions, when used on a regular basis they will damage the psyche of a child more than a mild slap ever could.
WELL SAID THAT WOMAN, I COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER MYSELF.
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