A group of women lawmakers filed a bill that will legally ban all forms of corporal punishment of children. According to sources on TV and the internet, the Anti-Corporal Punishment Bill proposes to institutionalize the promotion of positive discipline and non-violent child rearing.
Corporal punishment kills thousands of children each year and injures and handicaps many more. Corporal punishment was shown to be a significant factor in the development of violent behavior, reports reveal.
To stop the common types of callous punishment by parents to their children/prohibit violent forms of punishment for children, the congresswomen push for the expedient approval of the proposed law in the lower house.
Representative Susan Yap during a TV interview explained that the bill “does not seek to criminalize parents but to make it known that there are proper ways to discipline children.”
Corporal punishment kills thousands of children each year and injures and handicaps many more. Corporal punishment was shown to be a significant factor in the development of violent behavior, reports reveal.
To stop the common types of callous punishment by parents to their children/prohibit violent forms of punishment for children, the congresswomen push for the expedient approval of the proposed law in the lower house.
Representative Susan Yap during a TV interview explained that the bill “does not seek to criminalize parents but to make it known that there are proper ways to discipline children.”