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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Parents who occationally spank their child or raise their voice at times are not evil, abusive parents. They are simply parents trying to do the best they can within the own little world and to be frank I sincerely believe that the state should stay the hell out of their lives and go after the drug using, homeless parents who would rather take a hit off a crack pipe than feed their kids. Or the parents that are beating their kids.

See, we agree 100% on this statement! Yay! Consensus!

But, I am confused by the Last sentence: "to be frank I sincerely believe that the state should ...go after ...the parents that are beating their kids."

The hard part, from a public policy point of view, is how do we do that while still not trampling on personal freedoms?