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Council endorses National Spank Out Day and nonviolent parenting resolution
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution recognizing National Spank Out Day, endorsing nonviolent parenting practices and congratulating local advocates and teen-parent programs promoting alternatives to corporal punishment.
The Los Angeles City Council on April 28 adopted a resolution recognizing National Spank Out Day (April 30) and congratulating organizers who promote nonviolent parenting practices.
Councilmember Jackie Goldberg, who brought the resolution forward, framed the measure as an effort to reduce child abuse and promote nonviolent discipline. Goldberg said corporal punishment has been banned in schools and that advocates argue nonviolent methods produce better outcomes. "Violence to children is a preventable harm, and preventing physical violence to children includes learning and using nonviolent discipline methods," Goldberg said.
Representatives of the Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting and teen parents from the Los Angeles Technology Center attended and accepted the council’s resolution. A teen-parent group member described learning nonviolent discipline techniques and noted the resolution’s timing during the Month of the Young Child.
The council adopted the commendatory resolution as part of its presentations; the meeting record shows the resolution accepted without objection.
