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By AMYLINE QUIEN CHING
August 21, 2011, 11:51am
MANILA, Philippines -- Heads up parents! Spanking kids may soon land you in jail.
House Bill 4455 or the Positive and Non-Violent Discipline of Children Act just passed its third and final reading in Congress and it has sparked heated debates among parents. The bill prohibits physical punishment and any acts that subject children to indignities and humiliation including the classic Filipino discipline tactics: pingot (pinching of the ears), kurot (pinching), sabunot (hair pulling) and luhod sa asin (to kneel on a bed of rock salt for hours)."
August 21, 2011, 11:51am
MANILA, Philippines -- Heads up parents! Spanking kids may soon land you in jail.
House Bill 4455 or the Positive and Non-Violent Discipline of Children Act just passed its third and final reading in Congress and it has sparked heated debates among parents. The bill prohibits physical punishment and any acts that subject children to indignities and humiliation including the classic Filipino discipline tactics: pingot (pinching of the ears), kurot (pinching), sabunot (hair pulling) and luhod sa asin (to kneel on a bed of rock salt for hours)."
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