A switch, a belt, a shoe, a hand. Paddling, whipping, whupping, spanking. The instruments and language of corporal punishment vary, but what connects them is how often they are employed as ...

The number of students paddled in Florida schools may decrease now that parents are included in a new state law.

Source: United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, “2006 Civil Rights Data Collection.” Corporal punishment was widely accepted in US public schools in the latter part of ...

AT HOME: Corporal punishment is technically legal in all 50 states. Statutes vary from state to state but generally say that the physical punishment must be reasonable or not excessive, ...

At least 69,000 children were subject to corporal punishment during the 2017-2018 school year (the most recent reported data), according to the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.

Corporal punishment is still common in American schools. Here's why it should be banned. Incidents like the Florida case in which a school principal paddled a 6-year-old student still happen ...

Key points. Corporal punishment has long-term negative consequences for children and society. Whereas worldwide virtually every adult has legal protection from assault, only 13% of children do.

Back then, corporal punishment of children was legal in Thailand despite repeated recommendations by the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s recommendation during the second cycle of Thailand ...