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Sometimes lost in the backpack. >> yes. >> you know, sometimes you don't see all of those forms. >> right. right. that's the first thought i had, that my kids come home with piles of papers and there might be things that i don't see. and i also feel as though if there's a problem with my child in school, i'd rather the teacher come in and talk to me or have me come in and talk to them. i just -- again, i just think hitting a child is just never, ever the right way to handle things. >> peter, does it change your opinion that this is okay to learn of the study that came out last year, a fairly c...

Physical violence just seems like a bad message to send. >> peter, we talk all the time about how it's sort of irresponsible for parents to outsource so much parenting to schools, to the state government. so why outsource this kind of discipline? >> i don't see this as outsourcing discipline. this is allowing the school during the hours when the school has authority over your child to exercise discipline over the child. when the child is home they're under your authority and you have the power to decide the discipline. i think that ultimately the decision should be up to the parents, but becau...

That laws enacted by both parties in correct me if i'm wrong and signed into law by president bill clinton, i might add, should be defended in court. >> all right. gentlem gentlemen, i want to thank you for coming on today. peter sprigg, evan wolfson, appreciate your time. drenching rain has triggered massive flooding across the northeast, and forecasters say the washouts are only going to be getting worse. new jersey governor chris christie declared a statewide emergency wednesday night mobilizing the national guard and state police to help evacuate residents. still hundreds of homes lie in...

Benefits of marriage to a type of relationship that is incapable of ever creating children. that undermines the whole purpose of the institution. and it sends a message to society that children don't need a mother and father. and that's simply false. the social science shows children do best when they have a mother and father. >> mr. wolfson, when we hear that side of the argument, what is the practicality of moving forward in trying to say that there is equality needed on this front? >> right. well, first of all, let's be clear. many children in this country are being raised by their gay pare...

Sex versus teens that have casual sex teens -- well, those casual sex teens definitely had lowing gpas? >> we looked at a number of educational outcomes, gpa, aspirations for college, being expended or expelled, and we found that when you divide the adolescents who are sexually active into two groups, you found boys and girls having sex with a romantic partner, that has little negative consequences for their educational outcomes compared to the youths who have sex with partners they decide or designate as nonromantic. for both boys and girls with nonromantic partners, their educational outcome...