Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / November 2005

it should be legal kids are now getting out of control. a red sore behind
never did me any harm.

Why do no-spanks keep yammering about paddling in schools?  Because
they have lost the battle in the homes.  They know it.  Well, most of
'em do anyway.
There are still one or two *George W. Bush* types around thinking that

An NC State University assistant professor used a Taser gun on her
11-year-old daughter.  Police charged Brenda Brizuela child abuse.
Give no-spanks enough rope and they will eventually hang themselves.
Even with the trappings of higher education, they are no better at

Every few years, scientists and other experts play a little game.  It
is largely a generational issue that is quite similar to that played by
children.  The game might be called *prove the old folks wrong* or
words to that effect.  Kids are quite adept at playing the game with

#1.
As America continues it's quest to inundate every man,women,child,now
even preschoolers on anti depressants such as ZOLOFT,PAXIL,AND OTHER
PSYCHOTROPIC RX'S like RITALIN,in what I consider turning the children

For starters, remind no-spanks that they are the tip of the tail trying
to wag the dog.  Like a 2-year-old throwing a tantrum on a toy store
floor, they try to make up for their lack of real power by making a lot
of noise to get what they want.  Moreover, much like the 2-year-old,

In one of the more famous examples of using laws to pursue a political
objective, the former Soviet Union granted women absolute equality with
men.  This was no mere law.  Rather it was actually written into the
Soviet constitution.  Then, a little over a decade later, the Soviet

The crime statistics are out.  Of the safest cities in America, 8 are
in no-paddle states.  Only 2 are in paddle states. Great news for
no-spanks, right?  Well, it depends on how you want to look at things.
With a single exception, all of America's safest *cities* are

Five years ago, 2/3 of parents in Britain thought student behavior had
gotten worse since corporal punishment was banned in the mid-1980s.
Last summer, concerns over bullying via cell phones prompted official
demands that all British schools institute anti-bullying policies.

American public schools were the designated flagship of the no-spank
movement.  With their professional trained childcare staff, ostensively
in place to educate children in a scheme requiring *compulsory*
attendance, schools were a key linchpin in the no-spank movement. As

.......Law "allowing" parents to "spank," if they use "reasonable
force," don't hit in the head or face, not subject infants up through 2
years old, or teens over 16 and over TO ANY KIND OF CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT, and use no instruments of any kind.

The real story told by the paddle - no-paddle states map is the same as
the story of the red states - blue states map.  It is a story that is
older than the American Civil War.  In fact, it goes all the way back
the feuding regional factions that wrote The Constitution of the United

When principals paddle students, they usually have to do it privately.
When they engage in verbal abuse, the whole world's invited to watch.
At least that is probably the way little Katie White feels about
things.

Elizabeth Forward school district policy dictates that administrators
investigate the allegation, meet with the student, and call the
student's parents.  Thereafter, any "discipline procedure should teach
respect for the dignity of individuals."

A big lesson is that having the authority to spank is not necessary to
be abusive.  Verbal abusers in particular can be thoroughly abusive
without spanking until it becomes physically abusive.
No-spanks often become verbally abusive when things do not go their