In many large cities, security or traffic cameras are on almost every street corner. Nothing you do is unseen and if that happens to be the seemingly capital offense of spanking your child in public, there is actual criminal charges that can be brought up against you. Though the intention of whoever brings up those charges may be to protect the child, it also infringes on parental rights. This can be good, such as a case in Detroit in 2015 during which a man was caught on a grocery store camera punching the two year old child of his girlfriend and was charged with child abuse, however, it also hinders parents’ willingness to follow through with the rules and consequences they have set up for their children because of fear they will be judged by
In many large cities, security or traffic cameras are on almost every street corner. Nothing you do is unseen and if that happens to be the seemingly capital offense of spanking your child in public, there is actual criminal charges that can be brought up against you. Though the intention of whoever brings up those charges may be to protect the child, it also infringes on parental rights. This can be good, such as a case in Detroit in 2015 during which a man was caught on a grocery store camera punching the two year old child of his girlfriend and was charged with child abuse, however, it also hinders parents’ willingness to follow through with the rules and consequences they have set up for their children because of fear they will be judged by