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“It has been written: ‘Honor thy father and thy mother.’ It is essential to add, I think: ‘Respect the soul of your child! Think of the future generations!” Tomas Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia, from Humanistic Ideals, 1901. See Video clip. People Opposed to Paddling Students 10 Things People Can Do To Prevent Violence National Child Abuse Prevention Month 22 STATES ALLOW PADDLING/CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS Off-Site Directory
February 2006Video Shows Fatal Boot Camp Beating, By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press Writer, AP, February 9, 2006 January 2006Gossett Center accused by ex-workers of abuses; Lifton request triggers Inspector General’s office probe, By Jennie Daley, Journal Staff, The Ithaca Journal, January 20, 2006 TEXAS: U.S. District Court condones deliberate injury of schoolchildren, January 12, 2006 NEWS RELEASE — Florida Department of Law Enforcement Investigates the Death of Martin Lee Anderson, January 10, 2006 Child-Abuse Deaths Stun New Yorkers, By Allison Keyes, NPR, January 24, 2006 (With audio) Police: Coach ordered corporal punishment of player, 13 WVEC-TV, January 24, 2006 (With audio) No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?, By John Gorenfeld, AlterNet, January 23, 2006 Calls for smacking ban rejected, BBC NEWS, January 22, 2006 Teen dies 3 hours after being admitted to Military-style lockup. Lawmaker demands shutdown. Help at any cost: How the troubled-teen industry cons parents and hurts kids Attachment Therapy on Trial: The Torture and Death of Candace Newmaker “There never was a time when a major social problem was solved by beating a child. And there never will be such a time… For centuries adults have injured children and have lied about it, and other adults have heard those lies and then merely turned away… we must begin putting the blame where it belongs.” . — C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc. D NEPAL – Anti-corporal punishment training to be started, The Rising Nepal, December 30, 2005 CALIFORNIA – Prison blamed in teen death Staff withheld mental help and used a prohibited lockdown before his suicide, report says, By Mark Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, December 30, 2005 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Corporal punishment in schools, Editorial, Khaleej Times, December 30, 2005 TAIWAN – Physical punishment legislation makes progress in Legislature, By Edward Chung, Taiwan News, December 29, 2005 CALIFORNIA – Spankers’ reference to Proverbs is a ruse, Letter to the San Bernardino County Sun By The Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf , December 19, 2005 CALIFORNIA – Minister faces jail in beating of his son; Some say corporal punishment a right, By Brad A. Greenberg, San Bernardino County Sun, December 18, 2005 CANADA – Police cite “torturous abuse” of 4-year-old girl; Edmonton couple charged, By CTV.ca News Staff, CTV.ca, December 17, 2005 Deputy Charged With Injury To A Child School board hears Tom Johnson’s opposition to paddling Boy, 12, suffocated during restraint at Star Ranch Couple kept 11 adopted children in cages Abounding Grace School’s owners to answer charges; Punishment turned into abuse, boys say NORWAY – Supreme Court upholds spanking ban, Aftenposten, December 9, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p32r.htm ARKANSAS – Shame on those who use shame to discipline, hurt, By Peggy Treiber, Morning News, December 4, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p31r.htm PENNSYLVANIA – New Regulations Bar Spanking In Schools, By AP, KDKA, December 4, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p33r.htm FLORIDA – Mother, son found dead in apparent murder-suicide, By The Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner, December 1, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p30r.htm MISSOURI – Missouri among leaders in swats — School paddlings fewer, not gone, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, November 30, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p29r.htm WASHINGTON – Discipline is a constant, but spanking is never OK, By Jan Faull, Special to The Seattle Times, November 12, 2005 www.nospank.net/faull.htm UK – Commission calls for a ban on even the gentlest smacking of children, By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent, Telegraph.co.uk, November 11, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p27r.htm Dr. E, Professor of Psychology and Jordan Riak debate spanking SPANKING? ABUSE? Alice Miller responds to a spanker “No bruises, no abuse,” cops say — Good citizen gagged for reporting child’s screams; Letter to PTAVE from Susan Lawrence, September 18, 2005 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: An open letter to the Union County School Board Strap to be banned in all Victorian schools For a trip down Memory Lane, listen to this recording from 1985. It was a good message then, when there were 42 states that paddled, and it is a good message now for the remaining 22. Allow a minute or two for the audio to download. “It’s a bad lesson to teach our children,” Caroline Wean, Vice President and General Manager of KPIX-TV, Speaking in support of H.B. 1617, California corporal punishment ban. Presidential Call for End of Capital and Corporal Punishment Parents of student who was paddled file suit against Groveton ISD New package to curb corporal punishment Presidential Call for End of Capital and Corporal Punishment Parents of student who was paddled file suit against Groveton ISD Smacking children becomes NZ election issue New package to curb corporal punishment Psychologists demand smacking ban Psychologists demand smacking ban New York Times Underplays Boot Camp Abuse, Lack of Success The lessons I learned at Casa by the Sea CORPORAL PUNISHMENT EXEMPTION Christian school unrepentant over smacking pamphlet, Principal defends smacking pamphlet, School sends home how-to-smack pamphlets, Spanking suit settled for $94,000; Middle schoolers claim Harvey cops paddled them, August 24, 2005 YOUR VIEWS: End to school paddling long overdue, Letters to the Birmingham Post Smacking would be assault, say police, Foster parents are convicted; Beating of disabled teen in their Lombard home caught on video, Ex-Teacher Guilty of Spanking Boys, By Venice Buhain, US: The abuse of this child truly is the stuff of nightmares NEW ZEALAND: Controversial ‘anti-beating bill’ negotiates first hurdle By Ainsley Thomson Ex-boyfriend found guilty in spanking of 2 toddlers; He said that he had busted their butts with a paddle Camp death leads to murder charges — Boy died after being restrained by counselors Boy says coach paid him $25 to injure player Let death not stalk the classrooms in school A Study in Contrasts Child-spanking as Sexual Abuse, Aga av barn som sexuellt övergrepp, Community stunned as HS coach charged with spanking players, CANADA: Presentation by Senator Hervieux-Payette HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE FOR EQUAL PROTECTION Morrisville man pleads guilty to child-porn charges, James Dobson, spanking guru of the Christian Right, assumes the dominant position The Childhood Origins of the Holocaust Creating a Community Parenting Center HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE FOR EQUAL PROTECTION Paddling & Lynching in the United States Judge Amy’s verdict on spanking FORT LAUDERDALE `BOOT CAMP’ — Slew of calls drew police to school Abuse allegations investigated at Lauderdale boarding school for girls FORT LAUDERDALE `BOOT CAMP’ – Loophole let school avoid regulation Army-style girls’ school shuts doors VIOLENCE KILLS LOVE: DeSoto Parish School System is Unsafe for Children No spanking allowed (in Brookline) To spank or not to spank A Resolution to Encourage Parents and Caregivers of Children to Refrain from the Use of Corporal Punishment Countries where children are protected by law from all corporal punishment Against Corporal Punishment – Moving Toward Constructive Child Discipline, UNESCO Publication Cincinnati Councilman Sam Malone charged with beating son Counselors Fired After Death at Ga. Camp State probes boy’s death Camp’s risky punishment cited Boy’s pleas for aid denied; Inhaler withheld, restrained teen died Lawsuit: Youth claims camp counselors broke his arms `I did it out of love’: Felony charge for father who spanked son with belt What is Hatred? Charter school chief gets jail for beating son Private school doesn’t like state’s ‘therapeutic’ label SPANKING IN SCHOOLS: A DEBATE RESOLVED Should schools spank? Policies, attitudes vary widely over use of corporal punishment. Dickinson, TX parents arrested, father accused of paddling stepson Mother sues treatment center, claims son was beaten, abused What is Hatred? Charter school chief gets jail for beating son `I did it out of love’: Felony charge for father who spanked son with belt TEXAS: Pro-paddling bill sails through House; Under plan, prosecutors must show spanking is more than discipline MISSOURI: Suitor loses Kemper bid — Boonville council rejects offer Paddling at school, abuse at home Sue Nunn’s letter to each member of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee and a response from Rep. Paul I. Clymer Paddling Isn’t Funny The last resort — Inside Tranquility Bay Mom pulls twins from Eagle Point after riot Access the name of sex offenders in your community. ARKANSAS: Corporal Punishment Ineffective, Administrators Say New Greek translation of Plain Talk about Spanking “Crossed signals, Mixed messages” GENEVA: Dr. Tariq Ramadan, a world-renowned Islamic scholar, issued a call TEXAS: Dallas School District: Paddling out, uniforms in “Canadian Supreme Court hears arguments against spanking” “Spare the rod — or face jail?” Iceland bans spanking Delaware becomes the 28th state to ban school paddling Click here for specific Sexual Abuse Prevention tips and techniques. |
