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"As long as the child will be trained not by love, but by fear, so long will humanity live not by justice, but by force. As long as the child will be ruled by the educator’s threat and by the father’s rod, so long will mankind be dominated by the policeman’s club, by fear of jail, and by panic of invasion by armies and navies.”
    BORIS SIDIS, from "A lecture on the abuse of the fear instinct in early education" in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1919

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"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., Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; from the Keynote Address to the Kids Symposium, "Uniting America to Fight Childhood Injury," Washington, D.C., February 16, 1989   See www.nospank.net/koop2.htm





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  1. By Jordan Riak
    2007 EDITION

    HTML version     9-page PDF version

    Letters from typical users of "Plain Talk About Spanking"

  2. What to do instead of punishment

  3. 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

  4. 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,

  5. We already have laws against child abuse, don't we? (13 items)

  6. 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)

  7. Spanking can be sexual abuse (175+ items)

  8. Violence toward children in the classroom (80+ items)

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Christians for Nonviolent Parenting (20 items)

  12. Witnesses, Survivors & Victims (80+ items) Autobiographical & anecdotal materials

  13. CULTURAL CRUELTY TO CHILDREN -- KOREA (5 items)

  14. NEW ZEALAND PARENTAL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BAN IMMINENT PASSES BY LANDSLIDE!

  15. NORTH CAROLINA - PROPOSED PADDLING BAN DEFEATED IN HOUSE VOTE, 66-50, May 24 2007

  16. RESOLUTION TO REDUCE VIOLENCE BY REFRAINING FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN, Submitted to Boston City Council, May 9, 2007

  17. CALIFORNIA NO-SPANKING ASSEMBLY BILL 755: Failed bid to protect children from assault and battery

  18. BAN CORPORAL PUNISHMENT TEXAS, An open letter to members of the Texas Legislature

  19. Rape as punishment

  20. Abuse of foreign exchange students Too often, the poorly-regulated industry acts as an agent delivering victims to predators' doorsteps

  21. What Should I Do When I See Someone Hitting Their Kid?

  22. Mental Health Profession Condemns Attachment Therapy

  23. Advocacy & protest

  24. Forced exercise as punishment

  25. Look who's behind the whistle, Children's coaches out of control

  26. Health Risks to Children Associated With Forced Retention of Bodily Waste - A statement by health care professionals

  27. Corporal punishment and political missions, Alice Miller, April 2007

  28. Childhood origins of terrorism: Authors: Ali Salem, David Tell, Lloyd deMause, Alice Miller, Phyllis Chesler, Jamie Glazov, Riane Eisler, Salman Rushdie, Philip Caputo

  29. Netherlands outlaws parental spanking, Source: The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), March 7, 2007

  30. Dade County, FL: Resolution Opposing Violence Directed at Children Adopted May 9, 2006

  31. Chicago: "Positive Parenting Resolution" adopted by the City Council, November 1, 2005

  32. Brookline, Massachusetts First American city to declare its support for spanking-free child rearing.

  33. Oakland: A No-spanking city? Almost, Events in Oakland, California, December '98--March '99

  34. Links to Favorite Related Web Sites

  35. Prominent organizations' position statements opposing corporal punishment

  36. Criando niños sin violencia: Spanish-language materials

  37. 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

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. Abuse in schools is out!    A check list of abusive treatment of schoolchildren and advice to parents
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  41. Twenty good reasons to stop a bad practice

  42. Does PTAVE equate teachers to prostitutes, porn stars?

  43. Corporal punishment exemption
    A form for use by parents/guardians of children who attend a school that permits corporal punishment

  44. 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

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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

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ADAH MAURER
1905-1998
A Remembrance


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  • People are not for hitting - And children are people too (PDF)
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    Fourth edition, 2002

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    PADDLING & LYNCHING
    In The United States

    Top ten paddling states

    1. Mississippi
    2. Arkansas
    3. Alabama
    4. Tennessee
    5. Oklahoma
    6. Louisiana
    7. Texas
    8. Georgia
    9. Missouri
    10. New Mexico

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2000 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report.

    Top ten lynching states

    1. Mississippi
    2. Georgia
    3. Texas
    4. Louisiana
    5. Alabama
    6. Florida
    7. Arkansas
    8. Tennessee
    9. South Carolina
    10. Kentucky

    SOURCE: The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive

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