Ruben Zandstra Posted July 18, 2013 Posted July 18, 2013 In the last sundayshow a Dutch person called in and the (very interesting) conversation led to the topic of the Netherlands as being a progressive place where one might expect libertarian ideas to spread quickly at some point. This initself might be true and I certainly hope so. But when spanking was mentioned there was an error: Stef mentioned that to his knowledge the Netherlands had been among the first European countries to prohibit spanking and this is not the case. A Dutch law prohibiting the spanking of children was passed as late as in 2007, where the beating of animals had been forbidden back in 1993. Also, homeschooling is near to impossible in the Netherlands, seemingly more and more so, unlike for instance Belgium. Here's some data about no-spank laws that I looked up: Sweden 1979 Finland 1983Norway 1987 Austria 1989 Cyprus in 1994 Denemark 1997 Letland 1998 Kroatia 1999 Germany 2000
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