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DinnerDialogue.com is a division of Family Matters. Its
purpose is to bring deeper and more open discussions to your family. Every
weekday brings new news that opens up topics for discussion on moral,
ethical and spiritual issues.
TODAY'S NEWS -
June 26, 2002
This page is updated by 2:00 pm (PST)
Spanking
May Make Kids Violent, Analysis Finds
- Reuters
Spanking was strongly linked with immediate compliance,
but also with 10 negative behaviors such as aggression, antisocial behavior
and abuse of children and spouses in adulthood, she reports in the July
issue of Psychological Bulletin, published by the American Psychological
Association.
Note: The
questions are not numbered so you won't feel obligated to ask them
in order. Read all of the questions first to see how you want this
dialogue to go.
- What are your feelings about corporal punishment? Do you think spanking
is abuse?
- The article states, "Spanking was strongly linked with immediate
compliance, but also with 10 negative behaviors such as aggression,
antisocial behavior and abuse of children and spouses in adulthood..."
What do you think spanking teaches? What are the effects of it on
a child?
- How would spanking lead to aggression or antisocial behavior?
- When is corporal punishment necessary and when is it not? (Dr. Tim
Kimmel speaks of "misdemeanors and felonies" in Raising
Kids Who Turn Out Right - book,
tapes,
videos
and conferences)
- What other scriptures come to mind?
Proverbs 3:12; 13:24; 19:18; 22:15;
23:13-14; 29:15, 17; Hebrews12:5-11; Ephessians 6:4
Sign
Threatens Potential Car Thieves - Click2Houston
The plywood sign says, "To the thugs that keep stealing
my property: Warning, if caught you will be shot." It sits in Mark Totten's
front yard on Danubina Street.
- What would you do in this situation?
- What do you think it means to "turn the other cheek" or
"give him your coat also" (Matt.5:38-42)
and does it apply here?
- What is the difference between revenge and protection? Should a
Christian own a gun?
- What scriptures come to mind?
Nehemiah 4:7-14; Use
the tool at the bottom of this page to study these passages as well
as to find others.
SIDE ORDERS - other news
from today
Warning
over password security - BBC
The study published by the British online bank Egg says
users even leave passwords written on Post-It notes attached to their
computers.
Gaza's
preschool of hate - World Net Daily
An Islamist school in the Palestinian Authority territory
of Gaza teaches children as young as 5 the techniques of urban guerrilla
warfare, jihad against Jewish settlers and martyrdom missions to kill
Zionists.
The
race to raise a brainier baby - USA Today
Fueling this frenzy are new parents who find themselves
under both real and imagined pressure to make sure their tots can compete.
Preschools often require references for admission. Kindergartens expect
kids to arrive with solid number and letter skills. Even President Bush
has weighed in, pushing the three R's over simple play by proposing
to retrain 50,000 Head Start instructors in teaching the alphabet and
other old-school basics. Then there's the sad saga of Elizabeth Chapman,
who famously falsified 8-year-old Justin's IQ and other test scores,
hoping to give him a leg up.
Governor
calls for better forest practices - United
Press International
The new chairwoman of the Western Governors Association
said Tuesday that some environmentalists have opposed forest management
programs that might have prevented wildfires like those burning thousands
of acres in Arizona and Colorado.
New
site turns in Web pornographers - World Net
Daily
Morality in Media Inc., a nonprofit organization that
works to curb illegal porn traffic, launched a new website called ObscenityCrimes.org
where Net users can file a report against possible obscenity-law violators.
LEFTOVERS - previous dialogues
Tuesday - June 25, 2002
Democracy for Palestinians
For Some, Tag Joins Dodgeball as Playground Pariah
Leveled Playing Field?
Monday - June 24, 2002
Suicide over hair-do
FBI: Major Crime Up 2 Percent
Friday - June 21, 2002
School district bans piercing beyond ears
Nintendo puts out toys for big boys
Thursday - June 20, 2002
Larger passengers pay more on Southwest Air
Wednesday - June 19, 2002
Jumbo-Sized Junk Food
Lure of Millions Fuels 9/11 Families' Feuding
Tuesday - June 18, 2002
Atheists protest Ground Zero cross
Family sues church over new admissions policy
Monday - June 17, 2002
Men challenging laws forcing non-fathers to pay child support
Friday - June 14, 2002
Southern pastor works to deliver his flock from credit-card debt
Father's day, what's to celebrate?
Thursday - June 13, 2002
Parents appeal required use of report cards
Father's day, what's to celebrate?
Wednesday - June 12, 2002
Shoppers Rival Drivers for Worst 'Rage'
Father's day, what's to celebrate?
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