The role of the government in families/child rearing/parenting. Should the government ban or restrict how we discipline our children (ban corporal punishment - like hitting or spanking)? Should the government play a role in the distribution of contraception in schools? Should the government prevent gay parents from adopting children (some states do)? Should the government place mandates on women who continue to have children and yet also continue to abuse or abandon them? How much or how little should the government play a part in