Would you want your child to get abused as a way of a disciplinary consequence, by someone who is a stranger to you? Corporal punishment is showing kids from the start of schooling that if you have a problem you go to violence. Corporal punishment is never the solution to a misbehaving child. “Studies show that beatings can damage the trust between educator and student, corrode the educational environment, and leave the student unable to learn effectively, making it more likely that she will drop out of school,” the HRW/ACLU report cautions
Would you want your child to get abused as a way of a disciplinary consequence, by someone who is a stranger to you? Corporal punishment is showing kids from the start of schooling that if you have a problem you go to violence. Corporal punishment is never the solution to a misbehaving child. “Studies show that beatings can damage the trust between educator and student, corrode the educational environment, and leave the student unable to learn effectively, making it more likely that she will drop out of school,” the HRW/ACLU report cautions