Reply #9: Holy macaroni, Rant much??

[Wonco_the_Sane]

I don't live in Canada, but I guess I just assumed it was already illegal to throw children into the sea. Strong discipline is one thing, but your talking about outright abuse, which no one could possibly justify. If a kid gets whacked on the butt to keep him/her out of traffic, a good thing has been done. I don't think parents (most of whom are loving and caring people) ought to be tossed in jail for teaching children that dangerous behavior has consequences.
Your comments about people's merged DNA just happening to create children is not the experience of most families, and smacks of a frightening scenario of government control. Children are not property, of the parents or the State.