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| A bill that would prohibit parents from spanking their children is being criticized as unnecessary and unenforceable by many Massachusetts lawmakers. The measure - being heard Wednesday by a legislative committee - defines corporal punishment as "the willful infliction of physical pain or injurious or humiliating treatment." State legislator Jay Kaufman said he submitted the bill at the request of nurse Kathleen Wolf. "I could remember as a 10-year-old kid and being in a family where there was a lot corporal punishment and thinking, 'Why isn't anyone doing anything?'" Wolf told CBS station WBZ-TV. "We need to have a serious public conversation, not about spanking - that's not what this is about - but where people cross the line and abuse their children," Kaufman told the station. |