Schools are supposed to be safe places where the students learn and are protected from harm. A paddle is basically a piece of wood that is used to hit children. If an adult was hit by someone with a piece of wood, that big, then that would be called a weapon. Spanking is a euphemism for hitting. One is not permitted to hit a spouse or a stranger; such actions are called a crime. Nor should one be permitted to hit a small and more vulnerable child. These action encourages a child to become one with the aggressor and more likely to become hitter themselves, that is bullies and future abusers to their own children and partners. They tend to learn to use violent behavior as a way to deal with stress and interpersonal disputes.
We think if we hit the kid then they will learn, but what we fail to realize is we are not privative animals anymore. Children have their own moral and standers. We know harming others is wrong no matter
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No. Spare the rod and educate your child. Corporal punishment should be avoided at schools. It teaches that violence is acceptable and it is the leading cause of future of mental health problems and anti-social behavior. Beating children traumatizes them and it does more harm than good. Abuse is using force no matter how light, with the intentions of causing a child to experience bodily pain, so as to correct or punish the child’s behavior. This would be such acts, as spanking, slapping a hand, face or other bodily parts.
No surprise, when it comes to children of color, they do not spare the rod. African American children are twice as likely to be subject to “in house corporal punishment” in schools. Is this a reminder of a racist past? Yes, of course it is. But along with mass incarceration, and to school to prison pipeline, it is also another shocking indictment of racist presence. Corporal punishment is banned in 31 states, on average 838 students are hit each day in public schools and this must be