Please join us in the fight against child abuse in Seattle.

Accumulated research supports the ineffectiveness and harm of corporal punishment, children who are spanked most are more likely to be aggressive and hit others, children hit for antisocial behaviors are more likely to increase those misbehaviors and hitting children teaches acceptance of violence.

Effective discipline exists, it does not involve hitting and humiliating children.

Ted Tripp, author of Shepherding a Childs Heart, will be speaking at Mars Hill Church on September 19^th and 20^th. Mr. Tripp advocates physical punishment for babies as young as eight months old.  These painful spankings are to be inflicted for actions such as taking off a hat, or squirming during a diaper change. Infants can only communicate via crying for their needs of warmth, love, food, and sleep. Using physical measures to change  behavior in a child that is out of their control because of developmental immaturity is almost certain to fail and lead to increased punishment and undesired behavior. 

What can you do?

1. Join us to present seminar attendees alternative sources of loving parenting methods!*** 

    Ballard and West Seattle Demonstrations Friday @ 6pm.  Ballard Demonstration Saturday @ 12:30pm.

                 Ballard Locations: Meet at the NW corner of the Fred Meyer Parking Lot (45th and 11th Ave NW) at 5:45pm Friday and 12:15pm on Saturday

                 West Seattle: 7551 35th Ave SW

2. Tell as many people as you can

3. Use the informational flier we've provided below, post it anywhere you can.  Community web sites, coffee houses, parents groups. 

***I would like to add, this is not a demonstration against Mars Hill or any religion, this is not about conservative versus liberal, this is about the children and families of our community and putting an end to the cycle of violence.