It would have been bad enough coming from a firebreathing member of the Tory 'hang 'em and flog 'em' brigade, but for a Labour MP, and former education minister, at that, to say that the riots in London last year happened because parents can't smack their children is totally unforgivable and arrant bullshit. Sorry, Mr Lammy, smacking kids isn't discipline, it's assault. If a person hasn't got the intellectual wherewithal and emotional maturity to be able to explain to a child why they should and shouldn't do things without resorting to violence, then they shouldn't be having children in the first place. Violence breeds violence - if a child learns that it's valid to be forced to do something they don't want to do by someone hurting them, then they're just as likely to apply that lesson in their own lives. I hope when the inevitable next story of a child being beaten to death by their own parents comes to light, Mr Lammy will be able to live with his conscience.
Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B
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