Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / May 2006

The Department of Health and Human Services and the New England Journal
of Medicine estimate that 1,000 to 2,000 children die every year in the
U.S. from corporal punishment that has escalated to a lethal level. They
estimate that 142,000 are seriously injured annually. 1

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060430/paddling.shtml
Would you call this a "spanking?" They did.
Do you approve of school "paddling?"
This is what it really is.

Although not new, UCLA's Department of Education found nearly half of
urban sixth-grade students say they were harassed at least once in
two-week period.  Name-calling, kicking and shoving were common
examples given.  Bullying produces negative attitudes toward school and

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/14464288.htm
...these children have no difficulty figuring it out?
Hmmmmmm?
Posted on Sun, Apr. 30, 2006

Physical and verbal discipline doesn't work on my 5-year old!
We all could use some tips for developing discipline
without yelling, spanking, nagging or time-outs.  If you
are at your wits end, try this link.

I am not a member of this list, nor have I ever had need to browse its
entries. I was recently browsing a website which offers PG and R rated
humor; http://www.ebaumsworld.com , and I came across a recent video
that deeply disturbed me.

advocacy to clients and care providers involved with some state child
protections agencies.
These are things I've mentioned on these newsgroups many times over the

The scientific method serves the same purpose as a religious catechism.
It exits to instruct novices in elements of the faith.  It can also be
thought of as cookbook science.  The number of steps in the process
depends on who's doing the counting.  On a basic level, the scientific

Educators are particularly fond of waving little sheets of paper in the
faces of the gullible and pretending the fluttering pages are holy writ
handed down from on high.  The contents of the neatly printed and
precisely margined text doesn't much matter.  It can be an IQ

The categorization of "child" is used to defend the use of corporal
punishment against them as somehow fitting a behavior that if exercised
against an adult would bring criminal charges.
Somehow, of ALL people, "child" is the ONE category that one can hit,

   I posted before on how to stop a highschool paddling, by simply
saying no and refusing to cooperate. Somebody, I believe LaVonne asked
how to do it. Well its simple, when faced with a highschool paddling
simply say no. When told to bend over a desk or whatever, simply say no

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