New call for ban on spanking

The California legislator who tried to banslapping children - only to get spanked by public opinion - is back for more.Mike Zapler in the Daily News.

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, has again introduced her bill designed to crack down on hitting a child under 3 in the face or head. A similar effort last year became the butt of jokes in the national media - but also hundreds of headlines and hours of air time for Lieber - before stalling in the Assembly.

"We want to build on the groundwork that was laid last year," Lieber said. "Last year we started out with 95 to 100 percent of reaction being negative. Once people found out what we were trying to do with the bill, that was reduced to 85 percent negative.