'Cinderella law' being considered in UK

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Re: ‘Cinderella law’ being considered in UK

@Mezhgan

Oh dear. This law is far too vague to be enforced effectively. Treating a child “in a manner likely to cause him unnecessary suffering or injury to health” could mean loads of things. “Unnecessary suffering” is quite relative and opens the door to frivolous reports. Some children find that their parents cause them “unnecessary suffering” when their parents prevent them running amok and from doing whatever they like or ask them to clean up after themselves.

Not just parents, anyone who is around the child. Teachers, care takers, nannies, some poor guy at McDonalds that doesn’t give the kid a toy can be charged with this law. This law would be such a slippery slope.