- A HOLIDAY GREETING , December 23, 2005
- Discipline is a constant, but spanking is never OK, By Jan Faull, Special to The Seattle Times, November 12, 2005
- Commission calls for a ban on even the gentlest smacking of children, By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent, Telegraph.co.uk, November 11, 2005
- Child-spanking as Sexual Abuse, By Leila Holm,
Child abuse researcher at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland, 2005
- Aga av barn som sexuellt övergrepp, By Leila Holm (Swedish translation of "Child-spanking as Sexual Abuse")
- The Nonviolent Christian Parent: Raising Children with Love, Limits and Wisdom By Teresa Whitehurst, Ph.D., Debbie Haskins and Al Crowell, MFT, 2004 (If this page fails to open due to popup blocker on your system, hold down "Ctrl" button and click again.) For information on how to order single or multiple copies, click here.
- Against Corporal Punishment – Moving Toward Constructive Child Discipline, UNESCO Publication, Executive Summary. 2005 HTML version PDF version
- Countries where children are protected by law from all corporal punishment, Last updated July 2005
- Resolution Opposing Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools, National Organization for Women (NOW), Adopted on July 2, 2005
- VIOLENCE KILLS LOVE:
Spanking, the Fourth Commandment and the Suppression of Authentic Emotions An Interview given by Alice Miller to Borut Petrovic Jesenovec for the magazine ONA, (Slovenia). Publication Date: June 28, 2005
- The Body Never Lies, By Alice Miller
- Targeting obesity at its roots: Adverse childhood experience, By Jane Ellen Stevens, Sacramento Bee, July 31, 2005
- Sexual Abuse: Surviving the Pain,
By Barabara E. Bogorad, Psy.D., A.B.P.P., SOURCE: The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Inc., 1998
- African American Leaders call for ban on paddling
- Dallas Independent School District, Nov. 17, 2004
- Memphis City School Board, Oct. 31, 2004
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- Protecting children, one city at a time
- Brookline, Massachusetts -- First U.S. municipality to condemn spanking, May 27 2005
- Oakland, California: A no-spanking city? Almost. 1998-99
- ABUSE IN SCHOOLS IS OUT! A check list of abusive treatment of schoolchildren and advice to parents
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(If this or any other PDF page fails to open due to a popup blocker on your system, hold down the "Ctrl" button and click the link again.)- Letter about child abuse from PTAVE to selected Arkansans, and their responses, January 2004
- Child Abuse in Our Schools , By Robert Fathman, Ph.D., Mothering, Winter, 1991
- Deadly Restraint, By Jordan Riak, 2004
- The Duty to Protect: Blackstone's Doctrine of In Loco Parentis: A lens for viewing the sexual abuse of students, Todd A. DeMitchell, September 2, 2003
- Dialogues with Rep. Harold Dutton, April 2003 - May 2005
- DeSoto Parish School System is Unsafe for Children, June 5, 2005
- Toxic Schools of Texas, By Jordan Riak, 2000
- Texas' war on kids, By Doyle Weaver, February 5, 2005
- Destiny's law - A letter to Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee, By Doyle Weaver, May 28, 2003.
- The lords of discipline, By Ellen Goodman, Post-Gazette, May 18, 2005
- Remember the Christian Alamo, By Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly, December 2001
- Changing Violence and Child Abuse: What Can You Do?, By Madeleine Y. Gómez, Ph.D., May 2004
- Cambiando La Violencia y Los Abusos Contra Los Niños: ¿Que Podemos Hacer?, By Madeleine Y. Gómez, Ph.D., May 2004
- Criando niños sin violencia
Spanish-language materials (16 files)- It is time to stop putting children second in the UK and USA , Editorial, The Lancet, July 17, 2004
- Presentation to the Hamilton County Board of Education, By Tom Johnson, November 18, 2004
- Presentation to the Rutherford County Board of Education, By Tom Johnson, October 21, 2004
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: An open letter to the Union County School Board, From John Erker, in the Enquirer Journal, Monroe, NC, September 18, 2005
- Spanking: A debate resolved, Jordan Riak, April 24, 2005
- Time to Get Serious, By Jordan Riak, December 22, 2004
- Letter to ___________, By Jordan Riak, February 2005. Readers who would like to forward copies of this letter on PTAVE letterhead, may select any of the PDFs bearing the following salutations:
- Dear School Board Member:
- Dear Health Care Professional:
- Dear Youth/Family Services Professional:
- Dear Legislator:
- Title: "The worst of all bad habits" (Not on letterhead)
- Reply to a Christian conservative who claims to be living proof of spanking's benefits, By Jordan Riak, November 11, 2004
- Paddling: A Legacy of Violence
By Tom Johnson, April 2003- Bigotry by any other name, By Jordan Riak, August 1999
- Sheer Unadulterated Sadism, By Alice Miller, May 2004
- His Own Private Abu Ghraib, By John Gorenfeld, March 23, 2005, Source: Orkut
- The last resort -- Inside Tranquility Bay (Part I and Part II), By Decca Aitkenhead, The Observer, June 29, 2003
- Reframing the debate about spanking, Correspondence to PTAVE from J.K.R., January 21, 2005
- Respect for human rights begins at home, By Jordan Riak, May 9, 2004
- Emotional Child Abuse: The Invisible Plague, By Susan Jacoby, Reader's Digest, February, 1985
- Positive Reinforcement at Home, in Institutions , By Murray Sidman, Excerpt from Coercion and its Fallout (1989), Chapter 16, "Is There Any Other Way?" pp. 214-223
- Cradle of civilisation -- In order to develop a 'social brain', babies need loving one-to-one care, By Sue Gerhardt, The Guardian, July 24, 2004
- So, how hard can we hit our children?, By Catherine Bennett, The Guardian, July 8, 2004
- Researchers find slower skill development in spanked toddlers, By Ruth J. Moss, Psychology Today, November 1986
- Creating a Community Parenting Center, By Robert B. McFarland, Journal of Psychohistory 32(4) Spring 2005
- Beware of the quick fix, Henry Lawton's remarks after reading about the teen's death at Thayer Learning Center Boot Camp, February 8, 2005
Prosecutor: Boot camp won't face charges, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, October 2, 2005
- False Allure of the Boot Camp, By Henry Lawton, Correspondence to PTAVE, January 18, 2005 PDF version
Pseudotherapy Dangerous to Kids: An alert to NJASP officers, From Jean Mercer, Ph.D. and Linda Rosa, R.N.,
SOURCE: New Jersey School Psychologist, Fall 2002
Coercive Restraint Therapies: A Dangerous Alternative Mental Health Intervention, By Jean Mercer, PhD, SOURCE: www.medscape.com, August 9, 2005
- Pernicious effects of punishment, Excerpt from Child Psychology. Revised. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940. (p. 178)
- Jamie Foxx remembers boyhood whippings, Responses from Dr. Teresa Whitehurst, Barbara Rogers, Jordan Riak, March 1, 2005
- A Word About Healthy Discipline, By Michael J. Marshall, Ph.D., Chapter 6, Why Spanking Doesn't Work: Stopping this Bad Habit and Getting the Upper Hand on Effective Discipline, Bonneville Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc., Springville, UT, June 2002
- Wounds that will not heal, By Senator Andrew Murray, The Age (Australia), August 15, 2004
- Bloody Streets of Oakland, By Jordan Riak, December 2002
- Of Spanking and Race, By Garry Cooper, Psychotherapy Networker, September 28, 2004
- Why Do Parents Beat Their Kids?, By Susan Forward Source: Toxic Parents, (1989) pages 119-20
- Letter to the Members of the Memphis School Board and Reply to Member Patrice Robinson, By Jordan Riak, February 25, 2004
- A dangerous message from folks who should know better, By Jordan Riak, September 19, 2003
- A Model School? Two Views: "Virginia school aims to build character," a gushing support piece in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Norm Lee's critique of the program, July 24, 2004
- One Toxic Middle School in Mississippi, Letter from a Substitute Teacher to Project NoSpank, March 22, 2005
- Violence Sets an Example, By Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D., March 2005
Dr. E___, Professor of Psychology and Jordan Riak debate spanking
September 2005
Open Letter to Roy Lessin, Author of Spanking: Why, When, How, From Beth Fenimore, September 7, 2005
- Wounds that never heal, Letter to PTAVE from John F., May 28, 2005
- Fatherly Love (?), Letter to PTAVE from Dan Dwayne, February 21, 2005
- The Discoverers By Richard L. Davis, NY COP online magazine (July 7, 2000). A former police officer's indictment of corporal punishment as a factor in domestic violence.
- Ann's Letter to Parents, February 2003
- Deadly Silence, By R.A., December 1987
- Dirty Secrets: Why sexually abusive teachers aren't stopped , First of a three-part series by Jane Elizabeth Zemel and Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette, October 31, 1999
Part Two Flawed system aids bad teachers
Part Three State education officials want legislators' help to end sexual abuse
View two video clips of teenagers in custody being beaten by guards; hear commentary. Please be patient while loading.Tape 1) Select "Watch Mike TeSelle's Report" after going to Senator: Videotaped CYA Beating Warrants Charges
Tape 2) Open QuickTime Player on your computer. Then go to http://nospank.net/beatings_kpix.mp4
- From Coercive to Strength-Based Intervention: Responding to the Needs of Children in Pain, Larry K. Brendtro, Ph.D., January 2004
- My unforgettable experience as a guest of the state, By Carlos, June 25, 2005
- Lucifer's Brothers - A Memoir, By Casey, April 25, 2003
- No brother to me By Steve Boulton, The Guardian, April 23, 1998
- The "Christian" Brothers robbed me of my innocence, Adrian Van Neste, February 9, 2001
Illustration: Jordan Riak
- Rape: Lesson No.1
- An analysis and assessment of "Rape: Lesson No. 1.", How abusers betray themselves through predictable patterns of behaviour, By Tim Field
- The Pain of Sexual Abuse is a Life Sentence - My Experience, By Tiina B., September 13, 2002
- What Causes Spanking Fetishes? A Testable Model, By Chris Dugan, 1996
- How school paddling can derail sexual development in children, By Martin, August 2003
- Response to a scripture-quoting defender of spanking, By Randy Cox, April 2004
- Where are the Christians who oppose corporal punishment? An invitation from PTAVE, December 2002
- Dallas ISD Clings to Paddle, August 2003
- Recall The Rod! An Urgent Message to Friends of Project NoSpank, By Susan Lawrence, December 2003
- A rattlesnake in the classroom, By Doyle Weaver, August 2003
- A Dark Day for Children in Wyoming, By Jordan Riak June 2003
- A Letter to The Ombudsman for Children, By Olivier Maurel, France, November 30, 2004
- NSPCC calls for government rethink on hitting children following UN report, NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) , October 3, 2002
- Aggression and Delinquency By Dr. Philip Greven, from PART IV CONSEQUENCES, subheading: "Aggression and Delinquency," of Spare the Child: The Religious Roots of Punishment and the Psychological Impact of Physical Abuse, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1990.
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PDF version (48 KB) Parenting for a Peaceful World, By Robin Grille, 2005
Religious Extreemism: A Parenting Style, Chapter 14 of Robin Grille's Parenting for a Peaceful World, 2005
- Abusive Early Child Rearing and Early Childhood Aggression (Excerpt), By Roy C. Herrenkohl & M. Jean Russo, Lehigh University, 2001
- Pernicious effects of punishment, By John J. B. Morgan, Excerpt from Child Psychology. Revised. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940. (p. 178)
- Spanking and the wall of silence By Dr. Alice Miller, and related articles, letters and excerpts from Miller, with an introduction by Lucien X. Lombardo, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University. (14 files)
- What every parent should know By Dr. Thomas Gordon. Also, by the same author: "What every teacher should know," The Case Against Disciplining Children at Home or in School" and "How Children Really React to Control"
- Correlation between high rates of corporal punishment in schools and social pathologies By John Guthrow, December 2002
- A league table of child maltreatment deaths in rich nations, Innocenti Report Card No.5, September 2003. UNICEF: Innocenti Research Centre, Florence.
- Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth, Coalition on the Physical Punishment of Children and Youth, April 25, 2003, publication pending endorsements, Pre-Publication Edition, Coalition: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Child Welfare League of Canada, Family Service Canada, Canadian Child Care Federation, Canadian Institute of Child Health, Canadian Public Health Association, Canadian Association for Young Children.
- Disjointed or Double-Jointed? Corporal Punishment Permitted in Missouri Public Schools vs. Corporal Punishment Prohibited by State Policy, By Stephen Blower, Attorney at Law, January 2003
- Schoolchildren's felonious art -- Letter to Florida Atty. Gen. Charlie Crist, By Jordan Riak, February 3, 2005
- Crossed signals, Mixed messages - One court calls it child abuse, another calls it normal
- Is your child at risk? -- The scandal of paddling in school, By Anne Cassidy, Family Circle, November 1, 2002
- Yes ... spare the rod; Early educator rejected corporal punishment , By Robert D. Ilisevich, The Meadville Tribune, April 12, 2005
- Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse -- Why do we continue to sanction child abuse in the classroom?, By Dr. Frederick C. Green, "The Humanist," November/December 1988
- What shall we tell the children?, By Dr. Nicholas Humphrey, Amnesty Lecture, Oxford, 21st February 1997
- Serial child abuser finds easy prey in classrooms - Children's safeguards are scant to nonexistent, By Barbara Neff, June 8, 2003
- What spanking does for kids By Dr. Irwin A. Hyman, excerpt from The Case Against Spanking: How to Discipline Your Child Without Hitting, (1997), pages. 58-62.
- Spanking--Modern Parents' Dirty Little Secret, Jeannine Ouellette Howitz, October 2000
- Time to stop eleventh-hour parenting By Teresa Whitehurst, 1995
- The Baumrind Fallacy Expert rebuttals to Dr. Baumrind's defense of "normative" spanking.
- Spanking makes children violent, antisocial, By Murray Straus, Ph.D., Excerpt from the "American Medical Association News Update," August 13, 1997
- Murray Straus Index (12 articles)
Illustration published by the Anti-slavery Office, Boston 1845
- Paddling: A Legacy of Slavery (PDF leaflet)
Commentary by Geroge Ryley Scott, John Locke, William Grier, M.D., Price M. Cobbs, M.D., and Quintilian.- Advocacy Group Links 'Paddling' to Slavery [Interview with Jordan Riak], By Ginger Carter, The Exponent, Student Newspaper of University of Alabama in Huntsville, June 18, 2004
- 39th Congress prohibited corporal punishment, declared it "barbarous in character and degrading in influence," 1866
- The Evolution of Childrearing, from The Emotional Life of Nations, Chapter 8, By Lloyd deMause (2002)
- A lecture on the abuse of the fear instinct in early education, By Boris Sidis, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1919, 14, 333-348.
- Fiction and Fact -- Corporal Punishment in Schools, By Jordan Riak, 2003
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PDF version (Requires 8.5 by 14 paper)- 107 organizations demand an end to corporal punishment in schools of the United States
- 14 prominent organizations' position statements opposing corporal punishment
Illustration: Jeff Charles
How readers can print and effectively use the above image
See how it works:- Corporal Punishment Flyer Upsets Some Folks, News Channel 3 Memphis, TN, October 18, 2002
- Tom Johnson's Statement to the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners, October 21, 2002
- A letter of complaint about the postcard and the reply, October 28, 2002
- Corporal Punishment Ban -- California Education Code Section 49001, Effective Jan. 1, 1987
- Paddling in Alabama - A "last resort" or a field day for sadists?, From NetZero, November 8, 2002
- How to Grow a Patriarchy By Robert Silvey, March 6, 2005
Paddling & Lynching in the United States
- Top ten pupil-battering states in the U.S. Look at these batting averages. See who's in the Education Hall of Shame.
1997-98 School Year
1996-97 School Year
THREE AMERICAN EDUCATORS WITH THEIR TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Would you trust them with the care of a child you love?
Would you trust them with your pet dog?- Excerpt from "Banning Corporal Punishment: A Constitutional Analysis" By Deana A. Pollard, American University Law Review, Volume 52, Number 2, December 2002
- Danger Zones (States in the U.S. where the beating of schoolchildren is practiced and condoned)
Illustration: Jordan RiakTo print the above image postcard-size, 4 to a page, load your printer with card stock, click here and print.
- Look who's behind the whistle, School coaches out of control
- The neurobiology of child abuse - Negative effects on brain development and function, By Dr. Martin H. Teicher, Scientific American, March 2002.
- The Swedish Example -- A Model for Reform, By Al Crowell, December 20, 2002.
- Child Abuse in Sweden, By Joan E. Durrant, Ph.D., April 9, 2003
- Shame
Authors: Robin Grille/Beth Macgregor, Daniel Goleman- A Mississippi Gulag A report by Assistant Attorney General Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. on abuse of juveniles in two Mississippi youth training schools, June 19, 2003.
- Juvenile justice must ensure fair treatment, By U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, March 18, 2004
Boot Camp for Kids - Torturing Teenagers for Fun and Profit
- School uniforms: Discipline or abuse?
- Health risks to children associated with forced retention of bodily waste - A statement by healthcare professionals
- Research and informed expert opinion (See under Project NoSpank Index by Author)
- What should I do when I see someone hitting their kid? ,
Contributors: Debra L. Stang, Norm Lee, Mary M. Lansing, Trisha Goddard, Misty Melvin, Jordan Riak, Jason Hernandez, and Eli H. Newberger- Miscellaneous educational materials for parents, educators, healthcare providers and policymakers (See under Project NoSpank Index by Author)
- The law: how it fails to protect children (14 files)
- Forced exercise as punishment (15 files)
- Child Marriage: An issue whose time has come?, Compiled November 10, 2003
- Rape as punishment (5 files)
- Infanticide in the U.S. - The invisible epidemic (6 files)
- Smacking laws in other countries, BBC News, July 5, 2004
- Human Rights Pressure for Equal Protection, June 2005
- Toward eliminating spanking worldwide
Europe Turns Against Spanking Australia Belgium Canada Ethiopia Finland Germany Gaum Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya Pakistan Scotland South Africa Sweden Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom- A kinder, gentler religious perspective on child management
- Policy violation leaves several staffers at one Catholic school without a job, February 21, 2005
- United Methodist Church Condemns Spanking, General Conference 2004
- Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf: "What Would Jesus Do? "
- __________: "Corporal Punishment is morally wrong"
- Gregory K. Popcak: "Ten Reasons I can't Spank"
- Rev. Maria M. Fortune: "'Christian' Child Abuse"
- St. Augustine: Reflections of Boyhood Punishments and the Punishers
- United Methodist Church Condemns Spanking, General Conference 2004
- Words of Wisdom
When 61/2-year-old Sierra, Jordan Riak's granddaughter, saw a photo in the PTAVE office of a Kentucky school principal holding his paddle, she said the following, then drew the accompanying illustration:“Let’s not call him a stupid man and just throw him out. Let’s just call him a man who doesn’t know very well and teach him. Grandpa? Can you give me a piece of paper so I can write a book about the nospank? Hey, I have a good idea - a picture book for no spanking. It saves us a lot of writing.”
- Ashley Montagu condemns corporal punishment in a letter to Jordan Riak, March 13, 1989
- Quintilian's observation on the smacking of children, Source: Institutes of Oratory, Rome, circa 88 CE
- Judge Amy's verdict on spanking, From the TV show, "Judging Amy" on CBS
- Ask Ten Spankers, By Jordan Riak, November, 2001
- Drive Drunk Responsibly, By Jordan Riak, April 9, 1998
- Selected friendly mail
- Selected critical and hostile mail
- Old Woman in a Shoe A child-safe, non-toxic version
- If you haven't found what you are looking for here, try Index by Author.
- Brookline, Massachusetts -- First U.S. municipality to condemn spanking, May 27 2005