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The number of students paddled in Florida schools may decrease now that parents are included in a new state law.
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has submitted a new audit report to the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and ...
Although Pieter Groenwald did not specifically indicate that corporal punishment should be reintegrated into schools, ...
(New York Jewish Week) – A ban on corporal punishment in private schools, proposed in the wake of an extensive New York Times investigation alleging that the practice is prevalent in Hasidic ...
The measure was proposed in response to a New York Times investigation that revealed widespread use of such punishment in Hasidic Jewish private schools.
Parenting is a journey filled with choices, and one of the most contentious decisions that Black parents face is whether to use corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure for their children ...
Take it from a pediatrician: If ever there were a practice with a mountain of research supporting its abolition, corporal punishment is it.
Mention of corporal punishment in its student handbook, though it hasn't been used in decades, triggered a parent debate at the district.
Physical punishment can only damage a child’s self-esteem and his idea of learning in an environment that recognises and celebrates one’s academic prowess by the marks he achieves.
It showed states that have banned corporal punishment in schools and those where it’s still allowed. And Colorado was in the second category.
I have researched “Corporal Punishment and Children” in the National Library of Medicine. I found over 600 articles that discuss this topic, and none of the ones that I reviewed was positive.