This town needs a spanking.

Election or no election, our collective sense of unruly pride needs to be taken down a couple of notches. Rarely has a people been so haughty with so little to back it up.

We are ignorant and we are selfish. We are licentious and we are boorishly iconoclastic. It’s quite a gift we have to be so slothful and destructive at the very same time.

Yes, a good spanking would do us a world of good if we are to have any hope of correcting the ship of state before it is too late. As I have long said, politics swims downstream from culture. And a culture that is incapable of understanding its base, corruptible nature and disciplining itself accordingly will end up living in a fetid swamp.

But I guess we can’t have nice things, because the American Academy of Pediatrics has spoken, and it says spanking is bad. There are mountains of research, they say. According to analysis posted at CNN, and we know how lucid that network has been lately, spanking teaches children that it is acceptable to use physical force to get what you want and thus makes aggressive or delinquent behaviors more likely.

Also published under the laughable headline “The era of spanking is finally over” is this: “Millions of parents have raised well-adjusted children without spanking. Kids thrive on attention from adults.”

Time for some questions. What does “well-adjusted” mean? How about “thriving”? And what kind of “attention” are we talking about?

Just last year, it seems the American Academy of Pediatrics defined those terms this way when the federal Departments of Justice and Education took the crazy step of reminding the so-called “well-adjusted” that boys and girls should continue to have separate bathrooms free from the tyranny of progressive politics:

“The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) opposes guidance issued … that eliminates protections for transgender youth in public schools, no longer allowing them to use restrooms corresponding with their gender identity. Transgender children are already at increased risk for violence, bullying, harassment and suicide. They may be more prone to depression and engaging in self-harm. These children need acceptance and affirmation, not stigmatization. As a result of last night’s action by the Departments of Justice and Education, the simple act of using the restroom may subject transgender students to further harm. Policies excluding transgender youth from facilities consistent with their gender identity have detrimental effects on their physical and mental health, safety and well-being. No child deserves to feel this way.”

Call me crazy, but I don’t think “well-adjusted” means what they think it means. Seems like this New Age version amounts to affirming the worst of psychosis in children and then demanding everyone else around them kneel in adoring acceptance.

That’s not “thriving.” That’s suicide. (For more from the author of “The Frauds of Progressivism Aren’t Trying to Protect Children” please click HERE)

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Another misfired communication sent Australian moms, pops and tots into a tailspin this past week. The objective? Steam on for “Thomas the Tank Engine” and the God-given right to say “boy” and (Warning, dangerous content!) “girl.” Yes, it’s a disgusting epithet; but some parents will still be parents, despite the best social engineering and shaming tax money can buy.

The threat? The removal of “Thomas the Tank Engine” and other beloved books (“Winnie the Pooh”) from Melbourne schools and libraries. The reason? Failure to comply, according to the Daily Mail, with Australian National Universities admonition that, “Educators should avoid using the terms ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ and classifying children according to gender.”

But studies are studies and must be respected, despite the multiplicity of factors that may come into play when children make choices of what to be or do. According to the Daily Mail, “The research found ‘prejudice along race and gender lines can be observed’ in children as young as three-years-old. Girls who played with ‘feminised characters’, such as Barbie dolls, had fewer career options, while those who engaged with Disney princess toys had more female-stereotypical views. Meanwhile, boys who watched superhero shows were more gender stereotyped in their thinking, the study found.”

No thought seems to be given to the prejudice along gender of those conducting the tests and/or reporting on what the results actually mean. Bag the reality that people make choices for a variety of reason – like preference – even children as young as 3. Younger even! Ever give a youngster a dollop of mashed green beans when he or she is not so inclined? . . .

But Victorian councils Down Under are going to comply with this new research, hence the justifiable backlash by parents who rightfully drew the same comparison as the Herald Sun when it came to potential books being targeted for removal. (Read more from “The Absolute Horror of Children’s Books” HERE)

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A woman who describes herself as a sexuality expert and educator said parents should ask if it’s okay and make sure their babies give consent to change their diapers before parents do so.

Deanne Carson, a vocal advocate of consent in all arenas of life, went on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thursday and stated bluntly that parents should make sure that babies, even newborns from birth, give consent before parents change their soiled diapers.

While Carson admitted that newborns cannot speak or even fully comprehend their world, parents should ask for consent by looking their child in the eyes and waiting for the baby to give them a response via body language.

If this doesn't qualify for Lefty Lunacy …. I'm not doing this 'Outsiders Outsourced' job anymore. @rowandean @RossCameron4 pic.twitter.com/0c6eqHkEGs

— Jill (@Havingmysay2) May 8, 2018

(Read more from “Sexuality ‘Expert’ Says Parents Should Ask Babies for Consent Before Changing Diapers” HERE)

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By The Daily Caller. Teenagers have moved on to snorting condoms rather than eating tide pods, according to a Fox News Monday report.

Just when you thought it could not get worse, teenagers decided to amp up the “Tide Pod Challenge” by trying out the “Condom Challenge:” sticking a condom up their nostrils, inhaling it then pulling it out from their throats, Fox News reported. This bizarre challenge is nothing new; the earliest recording of a person snorting a condom was back in 2007. However, the challenge went viral on social media in 2018.

This fad might be taking off on social media, however, it also reaps many health risks. A condom, comprised of latex, rubber and covered in spermicide, can damage the inner lining of the nose. Condom snorting can also block your breathing and cause you to choke, especially since the prophylactic is much larger than a nostril, according to Bruce Y. Lee, an associate professor of international health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in a Forbes column. (Read more from “Move Over Tide Pods, Teens Discover Viral ‘Challenge’ That’s Even More Disturbing” HERE)

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Teens Snort Condoms Then Pull Them Through Mouths in Disturbing New Trend

By Fox News. Now teens are taking on an even grosser challenge in pursuit of Internet fame — and this one is making stomachs turn, as it is as disgusting as it is dangerous.

The latest challenge involves snorting a condom up one nostril, inhaling, and finally pulling it from the throat out the mouth.

Like other viral fads, this one has been around for years but is just now catching fire on social media, mostly via YouTube . . .

Forbes cites two cases reviewed in medical journals in which women accidentally swallowed condoms, developing ailments ranging from pneumonia to appendicitis.

The condom snorting fad follows a recent trend of people eating Tide Pods and encouraging or daring others to do the same. That stunt, dubbed “The Tide Pod Challenge,” resulted in poison centers reporting 142 incidents just in January, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC). (Read more from “Teens Snort Condoms Then Pull Them Through Mouths in Disturbing New Trend” HERE)

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