By Jordan Riak
2007 EDITION
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Letters from typical users of "Plain Talk About Spanking"
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What to do instead of punishment
- 107 Organizations call for an end to corporal punishment in the schools of the United States An open letter to the President of the United States
- Editorials opposing corporal punishment, 1871-2007 Publications:
Bangkok Post,
The Charlotte Observer(3 editorials),
Chattanooga Times - Free Press,
Commercial Appeal(2 editorials),
Daily News (Sri Lanka),
The Globe and Mail,
The Guardian,
The Hankyoreh (Korea),
Huntsville Times,
The Jackson Sun,
Kennebec Journal,
The Lancet ,
The Manila Times,
Memphis Flyer,
Muskogee Phoenix,
New York Times,
The New Zealand Herald (2 editorials),
News & Observer,
Pacific Daily News (Guam),
Post-Gazette,
The Press (New Zealand),
San Francisco Chronicle,
St. Petersburg Times,
Taiwan Journal,
USA Today,
Waterville Morning Sentinel,
The Weekly Journal,
Winston-Salem Journal,
- We already have laws against child abuse, don't we? (13 items)
- Research and informed expert opinion (195+ items) Leading researchers, educators and experts assess the effects and dangers of spanking and related maltreatment of children. (195+ items)
- Spanking can be sexual abuse (175+ items)
- Violence toward children in the classroom (80+ items)
- Boot camp for kids: Torturing teens for fun and profit (210+ items) Cruelty, sadism, injury & death in unregulated state and private residential facilities for "troubled" youth
- Flogging for God: Violence toward children under the guise of religion (150+ items) The poisonous pedagogy of James Dobson, Gary Ezzo, Michael and Debi Pearl, Rev. Arthur Allen, Rev. Donald L. Cobble, Jr., Rev. Mack Ford, Roy Lessin, Michael Wetton, Michael Palmer, Lucille Poulin, Children of God/The Family, The Branch Davidians and assorted other hucksters and quacks who promote the "benifits" of child beating
- Christians for Nonviolent Parenting (20 items)
- Witnesses, Survivors & Victims (80+ items) Autobiographical & anecdotal materials
- CULTURAL CRUELTY TO CHILDREN -- KOREA (5 items)
- NEW ZEALAND PARENTAL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BAN
IMMINENT PASSES BY LANDSLIDE!
- Anti-smacking bill passes by landslide with only three MPs voting no, EDITORIAL: The New Zealand Herald, May 3, 2007
- Police welcome smacking bill compromise, By Audrey Young and Claire Trevett The New Zealand Herald, May 2, 2007
- Anglican Maori support repeal of Section 59, The Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, May 1, 2007
- The Smacking Debate Story: Bradford's law will save our children, by Deborah Coddington, The New Zealand Herald, March 18, 2007
- Anti-smacking bill opponents doing it more good than harm, by John Roughan, New Zealand Herald, March 17, 2007
- NORTH CAROLINA - PROPOSED PADDLING BAN DEFEATED IN HOUSE VOTE, 66-50, May 24 2007
- RESOLUTION TO REDUCE VIOLENCE BY REFRAINING FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN, Submitted to Boston City Council, May 9, 2007
- CALIFORNIA NO-SPANKING ASSEMBLY BILL 755: Failed bid to protect children from assault and battery
- BAN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT TEXAS,
An open letter to members of the Texas Legislature
- Rape as punishment
- Abuse of foreign exchange students
Too often, the poorly-regulated industry acts as an agent delivering victims to predators' doorsteps
- What Should I Do When I See Someone Hitting Their Kid?
- Mental Health Profession Condemns Attachment Therapy
- Advocacy & protest
- Forced exercise as punishment
- Look who's behind the whistle, Children's coaches out of control
- Health Risks to Children Associated With Forced Retention of Bodily Waste - A statement by health care professionals
- Corporal punishment and political missions, Alice Miller, April 2007
- Childhood origins of terrorism: Authors: Ali Salem, David Tell, Lloyd deMause, Alice Miller, Phyllis Chesler, Jamie Glazov, Riane Eisler, Salman Rushdie, Philip Caputo
- Netherlands outlaws parental spanking, Source: The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), March 7, 2007
- Dade County, FL: Resolution Opposing Violence Directed at Children Adopted May 9, 2006
- Chicago: "Positive Parenting Resolution" adopted by the City Council, November 1, 2005
- Brookline, Massachusetts First American city to declare its support for spanking-free child rearing.
- Oakland: A No-spanking city? Almost, Events in Oakland, California, December '98--March '99
- Links to Favorite Related Web Sites
- Prominent organizations' position statements opposing corporal punishment
- Criando niños sin violencia: Spanish-language materials
- The Newsroom
April 2006 - Present
January 2005 - April 2006
November 2002 - December 2004
July 1999 - October 2002
May 1998 - June 1999
September 1981- April 1998
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The worst of all bad habits (If this or any other PDF page fails to open due to a pop-up blocker on your system, hold down the "Ctrl" button and click the link again.) Photographs of schoolchildren's paddling-related injuries and an open letter to educators and education policymakers in paddling districts
WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present.
- VIOLATED SCHOOLCHILDREN: Corporal punishment-induced trauma
WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present.
- Abuse in schools is out! A check list of abusive treatment of schoolchildren and advice to parents
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- Twenty good reasons to stop a bad practice
- Does PTAVE equate teachers to prostitutes, porn stars?
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Corporal punishment exemption
A form for use by parents/guardians of children who attend a school that permits corporal punishment
- Countries where spanking is prohibited by law in the home, at school, everywhere! Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine Abolition dates
Recent messages to the PTAVE List
Corporal punishment archive
This page includes all content formerly found in "Project NoSpank Index by Author."
A Few Good Books
Guideposts

Illustration: Gregory Nemec
From "Teachers College Reports," Columbia University, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2001
A GOOD PARENT NEVER SPARES THE ROD

Illustration: Barbara Neff
FIRST LESSON IN HYPOCRISY

Illustration: Jordan Riak
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ADAH MAURER
1905-1998
A Remembrance
Kids love the sticker!
Grownups need the message!

To order a few free stickers, e-mail safekids@nospank.net. Or you can print your own. It's easy.
Load your printer with Avery Sticker Project Paper #3383 or an equivalent, open this Web page: www.nospank.net/ksz.pdf and print. Page 1 gives you six 3" by 4" stickers. Page 2, an 8.5" by 11" notice — perfect for public areas where children and their caretakers congregate. (You will need Adobe Reader for this. You can download it for free from adobe.com.)

Click here to read The Power of Peace.To order free copies of this 12-page booklet, call Psychealth Ltd. at (847) 864-4961.

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.
Spanish edition: Padres Cristianos y no violentos
People are not for hitting - And children are people too (PDF)
A 29-page practical handbook for organizations and institutions published by Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Booklets, leaflets & flyers
Graphic materials: Posters, stickers, cards, seals
Fourth edition, 2002
Read this essential Miller work in its entirety right here!
HALLS OF SHAME
- A DOCTOR'S BAD MEDICINE,
By Patrick Briody, April 2007
- MOLESTATION AND BEATINGS COMMONPLACE IN TEXAS YOUTH LOCKUPS; cover-up of abuses probed; reforms promised March 2007
- REFORMING TEXAS REFORM SCHOOLS by Jordan Riak, April 3, 2007
- TWO LETTERS FROM A DESPERATE MOM,
March 22, 2007
- SPANKING: WHEN PARENTS LIFT THEIR HANDS -- It's better not to use corporal punishment, researchers agree. But, in fact, people do. Now we're learning the consequences., By Ben Harder, Special to Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2007
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ARE PADDLING SCHOOLS SANCTUARIES FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS?
A letter from PTAVE to education department heads in paddling states and their responses
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TIME FOR A FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER PADDLER PROTECTION ACTS?
A Letter to PTAVE from Jeff Charles, February 13, 2007
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CHILD ABUSE, ELDER ABUSE:
Two sides of the same coin
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7-year-old "restrained" to death at counseling center

Angie's last birthday
- The spanking, torture and murder of 4-year-old Aiyana Gauvin
AIYANA
- A BILL To ban certain devices sold or marketed for the purpose of hitting or whipping children
Introduced by Congressman Ed Markey, 7th District of Massachusetts
Sponsored by Susan Lawrence. (Ms. Lawrence is a Member of the Board of Directors of PTAVE.)
- TEXAS: U.S. District Court condones deliberate injury to schoolchildren
WARNING - This image may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present.

Joey Aletriz, 1989 - 2006
Teen beaten and suffocated at SummitQuest Academy; no charges will be filed

Martin Lee Anderson, 1992 - 2006
Martin Lee Anderson: A life cut short Teen walked into the Bay County Sheriff’s Office Boot Camp facility in perfect health, and was carried out on a gurney two hours later.
PTAVE's proposal to 272 U.S. Catholic Bishops, June, 2006
Ending legalized violence against children -- Global Report 2006, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (Large PDF file. Allow download time.)
Protect Children in Chicago, May, 2006
Proposed Resolution to Protect Children, Arlington, Massachusetts, May, 2006
SPANKING: Theory & Practice; Myth & Reality February 26, 2006
Cincinnati Judge Russell Mock winks at child abuse: "How you raise your son is your business."
Help close down the baby-whipping business. Visit www.stoptherod.net and join the protest.
Martell and his mom learn a lesson they'll never forget
The Story of Lois: How the County of Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services has distorted the meaning of "child abuse" and established a comfort zone for abusers.
No spanking
Alamo man's life mission is banning corporal punishment for children, by Natalie O'Neill
Why doesn't the law work to protect my child at school? By Yvette Smith, Antioch, California, August 2005
Repeal 44807 Committee
Open Letter to the American Psychological Association coordinated by Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, submitted July 8, 2003;
APA response, 7/31/03
PTAVE's Letter About Child Abuse to Selected Arkansans and Their Responses, January 2004
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