As I sat in front of the TV, enjoying my morning cereal, something on the news kinda rubbed me wrong. It was a story about how spanking your kids should be against the law and how bad it is and so on. This really got on my nerves because I believe spanking your kids is a great part of raising your kid the right way. No, I am not a parent and I haven't raised any kids. But me and my sister were punished this way and we turned out fine.

Now don't get me wrong... there is a difference between spanking your kids and beating your kids. I'm not talking about the parents that punch their kids as a form of punishment. That's wrong and against the law. What's the big deal if a parent decides to use their hand or a belt to punish their own children for a wrong that they've committed? Would you rather let them get buy and have the justice system punish them when they're older?

The story on the news was talking about how the state of Massachusetts was close to making it illegal to spank your kids. They went on about how this is such a cruel form of corporal punishment. If you want to take measures to stop violence in the home, I'm all for that. But trying to make every family adhere to some ridiculous piece of legislation (if it passes) like this is insane.