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LIST MEMBERS, This is an urgent call to action. Let's not let another year drift by while paddlers continue swinging their sticks. Please share this message with friends and colleagues on your mailing lists. See H.R. 3027: Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2011 , Jordan Riak, Exec. Dir., PTAVE
1) Child abuse ruling in the NSW Supreme Court ups pressure for legal reform, By Ean Higgins, The Australian, October 24, 2011 2) Lawyer warns on Muslim faith school child abuse, By Pat Hurst, The Independent (London), October 23, 2011 3) Mom beat son with cricket bat, By Jon Leu, WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE, Omaha World-Herald, October 22, 2011 4) Violence behind closed doors is harder to identify, By James Neal, Staff Writer, Enid News and Eagle, October 22, 2011 5) Cousin says she called CPS about Jhessye Shockley, By Laurie Roberts, The Arizona Republic, October 22, 2011 6) Two bad behaviors, PTAVE, January 11, 2011
Behind closed doors: America's child death shame, BBC
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1) Man arrested for beating video, Editorial, CNN 2) Man charged in toddler death, WTSP.com 3) Spanking 1-year-olds is common in depressed dads, The Associated Press
1) Our View: Educate parents about value of nonviolent discipline, Editorial, The Standard-Times 2) EXCERPT: 'The Better Angels of Our Nature', By Steven Pinker, New York Times
1) URGENT NOTICE: Support needed for Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act, H.R. 3027 2) This hurts me more than it hurts you, Great work, Nadine Block and Madeleine Gomez! And many, many thanks to the children who contributed their artwork and unique words to make this book a reality. 3) Inhumane treatment: For falling ill, teacher thrashes student
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Bill Banning Corporal Punishment in Schools To Be Introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
1) Let's Act on the Evidence, By Jordan Riak 2) The Debate on Spanking is Dead, By James C. Talbot
1) Violence in Macon 2) UnGodly Discipline
1) Girl spanked to death in the name of God, By Gary Tuchman, "Anderson Copper 360," CNN 2) The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners calls for the elimination of corporal punishment of children in the home, in schools and in all other settings, PNP Statement 3) House passes anti-spanking bill, By Angelo L. Gutierrez, The Philippine Star 4) Corporal Punishment in Schools and its Effect on Academic Success, Donald E. Greydanus, MD, Pediatrics Program Director at the Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, testifies at a hearing about corporal punishment. Source: EdLaborDemocrats.
1) Hard Discipline: A Grand Old Tradition at St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, PTAVE, June 14, 2011 2) Vow on cane code, By Our Legal Reporter, The Daily Telegraph, Calcutta, India, June 14, 2011
1) Truth or Illusion?, Afterword to the Second Edition (1984) of For Your Own Good, By Alice Miller 2) A Dozier boy’s nightmares, By Robert W. Straley, Special to the St. Petersburg Times, June 12, 2011 3) Don't spank or scream: Tips for taming kids, By Cheryl Tierney, SOURCE: medicalxpress.com, June 10, 2011 4) Jimmy Dunne comments on Global Summit, June 9, 2011 5)Shackling Students: Why is One Mississippi School Handcuffing Bad Kids to Poles?, SOURCE: Alternet.org, June 9, 2011 6) The Medical Minute: Unruly kids? Don't spank or scream, By Cheryl Tierney, PennState Live, June 9, 2011 7) Boy Beaten With Belt, Parents Charged, SOURCE: News4Jax.com, June 8, 2011 8) Are Spankings Harmless or Akin to Assault?, By Jackie Jones BlackAmericaWeb.com, June 8, 2011 9) GCSO: Mother Lied To Cover-Up Boyfriend Killing Baby — U.S. Marshals Arrested Georgia Ann Sprouse, SOURCE: WYFF4.com, June 8, 2011 10) SMU Calls in Experts for Global Summit Calling For a Ban on Corporal Punishment, By Leslie Minora, SOURCE: blogs.dallasobserver.com, June 3, 2011 11) Man Accused Of Suffocating 1-Year-Old, SOURCE: WYFF4.com, June 3, 2011 12) Robin Pagoria, Florida sheriff's deputy, busted for spanking girls and making porn films: cops, By Rick Shapiro, Daily News, May 27, 2011 May 14, 2011 RECENT EDITORIALS AGAINST CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
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April 7, 2011 Thank You New Mexico For Banning Corporal Punishment in Schools, By Marc Ecko, Huffington Post, April 7, 2011 Spanking is the second mistake, By Leslie Cabarga, Ventura County Online, April 7, 2011 Hon. George Miller Introduces Legislation to Protect Students in School from Harmful Abuse, April 6, 2011 Martinez signs anti-paddling bill, By Milan Simonich, Santa Fe Bureau, Alamogordo Daily News, April 6, 2011 Lufkin ISD reacts to paddling incident at Brookhollow Elementary, By Morgan Thomas, KTRE, April 5, 2011 April 6, 2011 ALERT!
Friends,
Thanks! April 4, 2011
VIDEO: GOOD MORNING AMERICA/New Mexico Governor yet to sign Legislation to End School Paddling of Children/Rally April 5th
School child abuse, By Salon Premium Member: blwpyrtvx, open.salon.com, April 3, 2011
EDITORIAL: Spare the rod, please, By Walter Rubel, wrubel@lcsun-news.com, Sun-News, April 3, 2011
Schools Under Pressure to Spare the Rod Forever, By Dan Frosch, The New York Times, March 29, 2011
Wisconsin Church Members Charged With Abusing Infants, By Lisa Holewa, Contributor, www.aolnews.com, March 26, 2011 April 2, 2011
Please call or message Gov. Martinez at www.governor.state.nm.us/Contact_the_Governor.aspx and encourage her to sign the bill on her desk which will end corporal punishment of schoolchildren in New Mexico. The state legislature did its part by passing HB 172, but now the Governor needs to do her part by signing it into law.
CALL TODAY!
April 1, 2011
An Invitation from Al Crowell: March 31, 2011 Immediate action needed! This pledge needs your signature and thousands more! This will only take a minute and could hasten the end of school corporal punishment in U.S. schools. Click or copy/paste: www.nospank.net/nm-alert.htm March 29, 2011
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October 13, 2010
October 4, 2010 Dear Friend, I'm writing to you because you have either expressed support for the goals of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE), or have requested a copy of our booklet, Plain Talk about Spanking. Today we need your help. In 1992, PTAVE began offering free copies of Plain Talk about Spanking to parents, educators, health-care professionals, and others in a child-related fields. Since then, the booklet's message promoting violence-free treatment of children has reached tens of thousands of readers throughout the world, and we are sure it has worked to protected countless children from abuse. We wish to continue offering Plain Talk. Unfortunately, our current supply is nearly exhausted, and we do not have the funds to cover the cost of reprinting. We urgently need your support in the form of a contribution so we can replenish our inventory. Our usual print run consists of 10,000 booklets. Please send whatever you can afford, whether it's fifty dollars or five dollars. I promise you that your tax-deductible gift will make a vital difference in some child's life. Please make your check payable to PTAVE and mail it to PTAVE, P.O. Box 1033, Alamo, CA 94507, or use our PayPal account, which you will find linked from www.nospank.net/donate-3.htm. All contributions will be acknowledged. If you haven't seen the current edition of Plain Talk, click here: www.nospank.net/pt2011.htm Thank you in advance for your belief in our cause and for your support.
Sincerely,
Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE); P.O. Box 1033, Alamo, CA 94507 Tel: 925-831-1661; On the Web at www.nospank.net September 28, 2010
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"When will our consciences grow so tender
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If you want to join the campaign to protect children, please click here and follow the directions. June 29, 2010 Three articles by Stacey Patton
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223,190 Kids Legally Beaten in US Schools March, 2010
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February 10, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Title IX Complaint Against Paddling States
a) The complaint
b) Press release
Our advice to South Carolina legislators is unambiguous: child abuse prevention laws have come into existence for a very good reason. They should be improved, not weakened. They should be respected, not scoffed at. No evasions. No exemptions. No excuses. For the full story, read Tom Johnson's "Paddle & Shield" at www.nospank.net/tjohnson.htm
SPANKING CAN BE SEXUAL ABUSE PTAVE is proud to announce its first full-page advertisement in a major city newspaper. The ad will appear in the January 13th print edition of The Lagniappe in Mobile, Alabama (www.lagniappemobile.com) and may be previewed at www.nospank.net/mobile-ad.pdf (printer-friendly version at www.nospank.net/mobile.pdf). We are hopeful that its pointed discussion of the Herman Thomas case (which is ranked #2 in a list of top local news stories of 2009 by the daily Mobile Press-Register), along with its invitation to Project NoSpank, will serve to spark discussion and educate thousands of people in one of the most pro-corporal punishment states in the union. Special thanks to everyone who contributed generously toward the cost of placing this advertisement! We would also like to remind others who planned to help support this project that total donations received thus far don't cover the cost. Your modest gift at this time will help defray the shortfall absorbed by board member Tom Johnson. To make your donation, please go to this page: http://nospank.net/donate-3.htm. Remember to earmark your gift, "Mobile project." November 13, 2009 Please read "Sowing the seeds of sadomasochism," by Jordan Riak at www.nospank.net/badlesson.htm October 30, 2009
October 16, 2009 A message to professionals in child-related fields: I am delighted to announce the availability on our Web site of Olivier Maurel's Spanking - Questions and answers about disciplinary violence. I am confident that this book ranks among the most important on its subject. It is thorough, authoritative and readable. And Tom Johnson's translation to English from the original French is superb. Click on www.nospank.net/sp-qadv.htm and judge for yourself. Please forward this message to colleagues. Jordan Riak, Exec. Dir., Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE); P.O. Box 1033, Alamo, CA 94507; Tel: 925-831-1661; On the Web at www.nospank.net
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IRELAND: We forced Christian behaviour into Catholic schools: Far from doing nothing, it was the people who stopped corporal punishment, By Dr. Cyril Daly, Independent.ie, June 21, 2009 June 19, 2009
Father jailed for killing 7-yr-old son
The hard truth behind corporal punishment
June 9, 2009 Boot Camp Hearings: Greg Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Govt. Accountability Office testifies to the Committee on Education and Labor about death and child abuse in "residential treatment" programs.
June 7, 2009
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Sex offenders play on a child's need for affection May 1, 2009
April 21, 2009
An important message to users of "Plain Talk about Spanking."
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April 13, 2009
Monday April 13th from 3-4pm EST on foxnews.com/strategyroom It's the business & finance segment, and is a panel discussion of current events. Adams says: I will be talking about how my generation is getting involved in Entrepreneurship to make a difference in the world, and that DetentionSlip.org's big issue right now is Corporal Punishment. I will talk about my views about it for a minute or so, and hopefully spur some debate. I'm assuming the show will allow folks to comment in, so PLEASE send comments of support / relevant questions to: strategyroom@foxnews.com It's important that given the limited time on the show, I stay on message with a targeted focus, so, I am going to avoid any of the periphery issues of child molestation, sex with teachers, etc. I want to talk about the issue of CP being LEGAL in schools, and how horrific this is, NOT things that are related to CP, but ALREADY ILLEGAL (i.e. raping a child). Example questions / comments that would be good be: 1) How can people who are in a state where CP is illegal get involved? 2) Why are some states paddling, and others aren't? 3) Commend Fox for being brave enough to discuss the issue of CP (even though I'm the one who will bring it up, giving them credit for it will encourage them to cover it more) 4) Address the race issue, that CP is used primarily in poor, black communities. 5) What can you do if you are an administrator who currently works in a school that uses CP? If we flood them with questions, it is possible they will invite me back for more segements because they will see how popular the topic is. Also, just general comments of support on the position -- keep them brief soundbites which they can read on the air, i.e. "It's an outrage that schools are still using Corporal Punishment. Please forward this email to as many folks as you can. If you haven't been to DetentionSlip.org, please check it out, also you can follow us on Twitter@detentionslip.org. I will try to tweet from the studio and I am @AnthonyAdams If anyone is able to RECORD streaming internet video of the segment, I would LOVE IT if we could get a copy of it... THANKS!
Anthony David Adams April 9, 2009 All in the Name of the 'Last Resort': The Abuse of Children in American Schools By Adah Maurer, Ph. D. "...Poor Brown, poor Black, poor White, all the dispossessed, the staunch traditionalists, the authoritarians in awe of power and having none, squelch their children with blows. They are proud of it. Each is ignorant of other ways, convinced that their group knows the "right" way, and fearful that others conspire to weaken the fibre of the "character" they have beaten into their young, as they themselves were beaten..." Read entire essay here: www.nospank.net/maurer5.htm April 7, 2009
April 4, 2009
March 31, 2009
Memphis Academy of Health Sciences is a Menace to the Health of Children March 27, 2009
1) ANNOUNCEMENT: The Hitting Stops Here! is in Memphis to protest the disciplinary strategies of the Memphis Academy of Health Sciences. Every Friday, they hold chapel where the students who have misbehaved through the week are paddled on stage before the entire school. Attendance is mandatory. We are here to speak to students, parents, and we had hoped to get a meeting with school officials, but they refuse to meet. Hitting school children with boards is legalized child abuse and it must stop! If you were a victim of this practice, or know a child who was, visit our Web site at TheHittingStopsHere.com and click on "Tell us your story." We want to hear from you! Or call Paula Flowe, the director of The Hitting Stops Here! at 408-250-5997 or Tony Brian at 813-373-2850. 2) Bathroom whupping' divides races: White woman claims she was fired for reporting spanking wins $200K Click nospank.net/gomez6.htmhere for article and letter to the editor from Dr. Madeleine Y. Gómez. March 25, 2009 An Open Letter to Tennesseans about Abuse of Schoolchildren From Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, March 25, 2009 March 22, 2009
1) State Actors Beating Children: A Call For Judicial Relief
2) Report on Physical Punishment in the United States:
3) Research on Spanking by Parents of Children:
March 10, 2009 1. Notice to users of Plain Talk about Spanking. Click here 2. "Being a parent is not a licence to hurt," By Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, New Europe, (Issue : 823), March 1, 2009. Click here. 3. "A Violent Education," a report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, February 2009 (Large PDF file. Allow time for download.) Click here. February 21, 2009
1) Demonstration on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC to ban corporal punishment in public schools, Thursday, March 26, 4 pm - 7pm and Friday, March 27, noon - 7pm. See flyer
2) A little girl needs your help. Who is she? What does she want? Click here to find out. February 11, 2009
1) Justice denied: Pa. judges accused of taking kickbacks to send youngsters to juvenile prison, By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARYCLAIRE DALE , Associated Press, StarTribune.com, February 11, 2009
2) Girl's Injuries Consistent With Beating By Bat, Umbrella, WSBtv.com, February 11, 2009
3) Report: Abuse Found At Chicago Public Schools, www.wbbm780.com, February 10, 2009 December 26, 2009 Please vote for banning corporal punishment in U.S. schools. And please alert others on your mailing lists to participate in this important campaign. Currently, 21 states give child abusers in the classroom a free pass. That's a disgrace. Surely, if we can expect and demand drivers to drive without drinking, we can expect and demand teachers to teach without hitting. Click on http://www.change.org/ideas/view/ban_school_paddling and cast your vote. December 9, 2008
An Open Letter to President Obama November 13, 2008
Teachers Face Axe Over Corporal Punishment November 9, 2008 Dear PTAVE List Member: When we introduced "Plain Talk about Spanking" in 1992, we did our own printing on a donated 50s vintage Rotoprint offset duplicating machine housed in my garage. It was a slow, noisy, messy process, and the print quality was uneven. But we had booklets. Eventually, as our improved financial situation permitted, and as the ever-increasing demand for booklets required, we turned to commercial printing. Today, we are approaching a new threshold, and I am very worried. The demand for "Plain Talk" continues to grow surpassing anything we could have anticipated or hoped for. That's good. But our finances have dipped to a level prior to that of our Rotoprint days. That's not good. For the first time in our organization's history, we are nearing the point at which we will be forced to decline to fill requests. To state the obvious, we can't supply printed materials that we don't have, and we can't print if we can't pay the printer. I know these are difficult times for everyone, and I understand why donations to even the worthiest causes have fallen off so dramatically. But we need so little! And the objective is so important! If every reader of this letter set aside $5 each month to be applied to PTAVE's printing budget, the result would be a major improvement in the lives of many children. If you think I am exaggerating, click on the following link and peruse the list of typical professional users of "Plain Talk about Spanking," and read what some have written to us about it. You'll also see a link to the online version and information for ordering free copies. Click here: www.nospank.net/ptusers.htm. Instructions for donating are at www.nospank.net/donate-3.htm. Thank you for your support.
Jordan Riak, Exec. Dir., November 3, 2008
21 to go!
Dear Activists & Supporters of the campaign to ban corporal punishment in U. S. public schools, My name is Paula Flowe and I am Director and Founder of the organization, The Hitting Stops Here! I am also a board member of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, led by Executive Director, Jordan Riak. The Hitting Stops Here! is planning two major events as part of a campaign we call, “21 To Go!” Our plan is to alert everyone to the fact that there are 21 states that still permit corporal punishment of schoolchildren. We urgently need your support at this time. What is corporal punishment? Some define it as "discipline." We define it as "assault and battery" -- exactly what it's called when done to anyone other than a child. We believe no group should be excluded from the normal protections against assault and battery, and that any interpretation of law that allows one person to batter another with a dangerous weapon on the pretext that it is in the victim's best interest is dishonest, unethical, immoral and shameful. The United States is the only developed democracy where lawmakers seem unable to grasp this concept. Our public awareness campaign will consist of two events. One will be held the weekend of November 21 and the second, a demonstration, will be held in front of the Capitol Bldg. in Washington D. C. Please visit www.thehittingstopshere.com/21togo.htm to learn the details and to find out how you can support and participate in the our “21 To Go!” campaign. With your help we can make all schools places that attract and inspire children to learn rather than fill them with the urge to escape. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Web site: www.TheHittingStopsHere.com
1) Britain mulling ban on spanking
2) The roots of violence are not unknown: The misled brain and the banned emotions
3) Spare the Rod: Why you shouldn't hit your kids September 27, 2008
ILLINOIS: Student Athletes Report Corporal Punishment September 25, 2008
Three Girls and Their Dolls
September 23, 2008
ALERT: Please tune in to hear Paula Flowe today on National Public Radio along with three other guests. It will air on Tuesday, Sept. 23. When I asked how to access the show, the assistant editor sent the directions below. I hope you will be able to listen in. Thank you for all your support. The children will certainly have a victory soon, I'm sure, which means everyone has a victory.
God bless,
Thank you so much!
September 18, 2008
The Fallacies of Pro-Spanking Science: September 15, 2008
1) Paddle ban: Harnett County sees the light regarding corporal punishment in school, The Fayetteville Observer, September 15, 2008
2) 'His main interest is spanking, not children': What YMCA boss told cops over child porn, By Joe Shute, www.halifaxcourier.co.uk, September 10, 2008
September 11, 2008
1) HARNETT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA - Nearly twenty-seven years after the brutal and injurious paddling of Shelly Gaspersohn and two other students, the county where it took place has done away with school corporal punishment. See news report and read background on the Gaspersohn case.
2) Arkansas Schools Permit Corporal Punishment, Posted By Pam Baccam, www.todaysthv.com, September 11, 2008
3) Antioch girl was whipped, burned, autopsy shows, By Hilary Costa, Contra Costa Times, September 4, 2008 September 5, 2008
August 20, 2008
Message to Our Subscribers: Members of the Robeson County (NC) Board of Education are meeting this afternoon in response to urgent requests from members of the community and other interested parties to reevaluate their corporal punishment policy. As a subscriber to this list, I expect you will want to let them know what you think of any school district that still lets school personnel beat students on their buttocks with a board. No matter that you are not a resident. Concern about this issue doesn't stop at the county line. Please let the folks who set policy in Robeson County schools know what you think about corporal punishment. Their e-mail addresses are at the bttom of this page. I know I don't have to coach you in your letter writing. However, you may find the following list helpful. These are among the main the points we stress when we communicate with paddling districts. Feel free to use what you wish. Keep it brief.
huntj.psrc@robeson.k12.nc.us
Sincerely,
August 18, 2008
NEWS RELEASE, "The Hitting Stops Here! Campaign" has launched a month-long advocacy campaign in Robeson County, North Carolina. The goal of the campaign is to have corporal punishment banned in this school district by the first day of school, August 25, 2008, and have a plan in place to implement county-wide Positive Discipline models designed by Dr. Jane Nelsen. Despite the fact that over 1000 parents have signed a petition asking the Robeson County Board of Education to stop the use of corporal punishment, no action to date has been taken. Advocates and parents have asked for an ad hoc committee to be formed to study the issues surrounding the use of corporal punishment, but the district has not responded to this request. Unfortunately, some parents have felt that in order to protect their children from child abuse at the hands of educators, they are forced to boycott this school district if the systemic beating of school children is not halted by the beginning of the school year. A meeting to address banning corporal punishment in Robeson County Schools has been scheduled for Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 3:15 PM at the Robeson County School District office, Lumberton, North Carolina.
Public Schools of Robeson County
Telephone: 910.671.6000 Superintendent Johnny Hunt has invited all members of the District Executive Cabinet and Board of Education members to meet with members of "The Hitting Stops Here" campaign. This group will be represented by founder, Paula Flowe, and joined by supporters, to include parents, students, and state and national advocates. For further information contact:
Paula Flowe: 408-250-5997 Sincerely,
Peggy Dean, RN
Campaign to End Corporal Punishment in North Carolina Schools
The Hitting Stops Here Campaign August 13, 2008
Fayetteville Observer, August 13, 2008 and Public testimony the school board didn't want to hear LUMBERTON — A national organization criticized the Robeson County School Board on Tuesday night for not banning corporal punishment in public schools after numerous requests. A representative from the national organization, The Hitting Stops Here!, also accused school officials of ignoring them. “Why are you avoiding this issue?” asked Paula Flowe, the director of The Hitting Stops Here! “Why do you want to hit kids?”.... Read the entire article here.
August 12, 2008 Dear List Members, To those of you who so generously responded to our July mailing requesting donations, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Your help has carried us through July and at least through the end of August. But now, we urgently need your assistance. Let me explain what's happening. The demand for quantities of our booklet, "Plain Talk about Spanking," is growing at a faster pace than ever before. The more people who read it and show it to colleagues, the more who want it. It seems we are at the threshold of a heightened public awareness of our issue, and we just cannot keep up with the demand. When we first offered Plain Talk in '92, we had no problem filling requests and replenishing stock as needed. But clearly those days are gone. Now, almost immediately after we pick up a shipment of booklets, we have to begin worrying about raising funds to cover the next printing. Same for the Kids Safe Zone stickers. As you know, we offer both items free of charge, and we are determined to continue that policy. The nice folks who do our printing, however, expect to be paid. Meanwhile, Paula Flowe is making her mark on Robeson County, NC. See www.thehittingstopshere.com for a progress report, and there'll be plenty of news about it tomorrow. The board meeting tonight will be mobbed by parents recruited by Paula to protest the current policy that allows paddling and to demand change. We have an excellent chance of persuading the district to adopt modern methods of student management. Our success In Robeson County -- and we will succeed! -- will provide a blueprint for the campaign when we take on the next child-beating distinct. And so on until the job is done. Here's the precise situation. At this moment, we have insufficient funds in the PTAVE account to cover the cost of the next printing of either the booklet or the sticker. And we cannot expect Paula to continue indefinitely to cover all her costs in North Carolina by running up her personal credit card debt. You are on our list because you share our passion for the humane treatment of children. So please help us achieve that objective by contributing generously now. Click on www.nospank.net/donate-2.htm and see straw-colored box at the right. We'll let you know how the school board meeting goes. If you are within traveling distance to 410 Caton Road, Lumberton, North Carolina, the meeting begins at 6:00 PM, (Aug. 12). Thank you.
Jordan Riak, Exec. Dir., Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education
1) Robeson County, NC, Campaign to ditch the stick!
2) MULE DAYS: A letter to 60 Paddling Districts in NC August 2, 2008
1) Abuse in schools: A letter to legislators in paddling states and to school board members in paddling districts
2) The results of beating in childhood
3) News items of interest to readers concerned about child abuse, July 1 - August 2, 2008
July 22, 2008
NOTICE: 13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, September 12-17, 2008, Town & Country Resort, San Diego, CA. For both professionals and non-.
July 21, 2008
Spanking/Paddling and the Roots of Racism, July 2008
July 11, 2008
Memories of Casa by the Sea, By Ramey Smith, July 10, 2008
July 8, 2008
1) Paddlers' state of mind, By Jordan Riak, July 3, 2008
2) ENDANGERMENT ALLEGATIONS: Parents face murder charge; 4-year-old died during 17 hours left in SUV,
By Brian Haynes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 26, 2008
July 2, 2008
1) In search of the fine line, By Jordan Riak, The Ottawa Citizen, June 28, 2008
2) Spanking Of Children Banned in Costa Rica, Costa Rica Daily News (insidecostarica.com), June 27, 2008
3) Some Calif. Schools Locking Children In Closets, Reporting: Anna Werner (CBS 5), cbs5.com, June 27, 2008
4) US - Media Whitewashes Dobson, Hides 'Beat-Your-Child' Dogma, By Jeffrey Feldman, The Huffington Post, June 25, 2008
5) US - House Passes Legislation to Stop Child Abuse in Teen Boot Camps and other Residential Programs, Maia Szalavitz, The Huffington Post, June 25, 2008
6) The effects of spanking are obvious, By Susan Lawrence, The Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 2008
7) Parental rights, Letter to The Calgary Herald By Jordan Riak, June 23, 2008
August 2, 2008 1) WARNING: The following two videos are profoundly upsetting to some viewers. Do not play either of them if children are present. a) "Bad baby." Adult modeling sadistic behavior to a toddler.
2) Parental rights, Letter to the Editor of Calgary Herald from Jordan Riak, June 23, 2008
3) Teacher accused of burning cross on student's arm, From Nkechi Nneji, CNN, June21, 2008
4) Snohomish boy beaten, allegedly over poor grades
5) Boy suffocated during school punishment -- Coroner's Report,
Graeme Hamilton, National Post, With Files From Canwest News Service Published: Friday, June 20, 2008
6) Parenting: The line between punishment and abuse, By Melanie Barwick, PhD., C.Psych. CBC News, June 20, 2008
7) DFCS Official Pleads Guilty to Child Cruelty, Posted By: Tracey Christensen, 11Alive.com, June 18, 2008
8) Allegations of Abuse Plague Marengo County School Boardm,
By Mandi Williams, Blackbelt Gazette, June 17, 2008
9) ACLU sues Texas youth prison system claiming abuse,
By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press, June 11, 2008
10) Stabbing provokes questions of abuse, By Rhiannon Meyers, The Daily News, June 8, 2008
11) Judge Gustavo Garza defends 'spanking' policy
12) Kindergarten Cruelty: Not Child’s Play, Joanne Jacobs, mensnewsdaily.com, June 5, 2008
June 18, 2008
Encounter in a parking lot
June 16, 2008
What do I do?
June 11, 2008 TAKE ACTION: URGE HOUSE VOTE TO PASS TEEN RESIDENTIAL PROTECTION BILL As early as next week the House of Representatives is expected to vote on passage of H.R. 5876, the Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008, sponsored by Rep. George Miller and approved last month by the Education and Labor Committee. The bill, endorsed by the National Child Abuse Coalition, would set standards, with enforcement provisions, to prevent child abuse and neglect in teen residential programs, including therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, boot camps, and behavior modification facilities. TAKE ACTION: Please call your Representatives in Congress and ask them to vote in favor of H.R. 5876. You can reach your Representatives through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, or by email at http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/dbq/officials/. Please circulate this action alert to your networks. June 4, 2008
1) Lawsuit: Texas judge ordered public spanking of teen girl with large wooden paddle
2) Carson City man gets probation for spanking girlfriend's daughters with spatula
June 3, 2008
Letter to Education Department Heads in Paddling States
By Jordan Riak
May 21, 2008
1) Curbing Youth Violence, By Jordan Riak
2) Lincoln Man Accused of Binding, Gagging Teen Boys, KPTM FOX 42 News
May 16, 2008 If you have a school-age child and are considering moving to Odessa, Texas, the information in these two items could prove to be of vital importance to you. We'll report more on this as the situation develops.
1) Student Alleges Abuse
2) Crockett students released
May 14, 2008
Dear Friends: I am writing to alert you to the Dr. Phil Show on Friday, May 16th: "Spanking Scandals." (Check local listings for time and channel.) Everyone who cares about children will want to tune in. This show will make the case for legislative change with regard to corporal punishment in schools. Currently 21 states allow educators to corporally punish students, i.e., hit them on the buttocks with a wooden paddle. No child should attend school where physical abuse is acceptable. No child should be exposed to such a wrong-headed example of "problem solving" -- not from teachers, not from parents. Unfortunately, this is still largely the American way. Please alert friends, family and colleagues to the Dr. Phil Show, Friday, May 16th. Also, leave your words of wisdom on Dr. Phil's message board at www.drphil.com/
Peggy Dean, RN ps: North Carolina residents who want to contact me to learn about our campaign to purge NC schools of paddles can email me at pdean10925@aol.com
May 11, 2008
1) When Is "Tough Love" Torture? By Maia Szalavitz, Click here to read. 2) Abusive Residential Facilities: The Warning Signs Click here to read.
May 8, 2008
A Letter to School Boards in Paddling Districts May 5, 2008
1) "Spare the Rod," By Riane Eisler
2) "Childhood origins of terrorism," By Lloyd deMause
April 30, 2008
An urgent letter to List Members from Jordan Riak
April 22, 2008
"It's time to toss the trash" April 12, 2008
1) Teacher suspended following allegation, By Mark Locklear,The Robesonian, April 10, 2008 2) Michael DiPalma: Teacher/sex offender sentenced, Jefferson County, Colorado, April 4, 2008 3) There's nothing funny about prison rape; Smirking at sexual attacks on inmates makes us all less safe., By Ezra Klein, Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2008
April 6, 2008
1) Campaign to protect children from abuse in the schools of Robeson County, North Carolina
2) Group calls for corporal punishment ban
By Mark Locklear, The Robesonian, March 19, 2008
April 3, 2008
1) Shame on Arkansas
2) Police: Teacher Told Class to Hit Tardy Student
March 13, 2008
1) Up the down stairs -- and up again and again
2) Forced exercise as punishment
March 7, 2008
1) Youth pleads to get out of rehab
2) Survey: 13,000 Claims of Abuse Reported in U.S. Juvenile Centers 2004 through 2007
February 29, 2008
1) "The whip, the paddle, the hickory switch"
2) Spanking may lead to sexual deviancy in years of maturity
3) Spanking Kids Causes Sexual Problems
4) TN principal under investigation for paddling injury February 20, 2008
February 16, 2008 Corporal Punishment in North Carolina Schools: Three Perspectives
January 22, 2008
1) Florida mother arrested for allegedly beating her 10-month-old son
2) Murder Case Tests Limits on Parents’ Right to Hit January 18, 2008
1) Texas Youth Commission workers accused of sexually abusing juvenile inmates; two face trial but venue not yet set
2) DC Mayor Fenty Fires 6 Child Welfare Workers In Girls' Deaths --
Four Children Had Not Been Seen for Months
3) Hands off those kids -- a 30-year crusade
Corporal punishment leaves emotional scars, retired teacher says
January 17, 2008
North Carolina Shame
January 11, 2008
1) The sticker business, January 11, 2008
2) Volunteering
December 22, 2007
1) NEW ZEALAND: Smacking prosecution fears misplaced,
2) SPAIN: Parents banned from smacking children
3) CHILE: The Minister of Justice of the Government of Chile announces the prohibition of physical punishment as a method of correction for children, Children's Rights Information Network (CRIN), December 18, 2007
4) INDIA: Student Succumbs To Teacher’s Blows -- A fourteen-year-old student who battled for his life for the last two weeks has succumbed to corporal punishment., medindia.net, November 7, 2007
5) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
6) Have you contributed to PTAVE's 2008 Outreach Fund?
December 21, 2007 1) VENEZUELA: Second Latin American country to ban corporal punishment, Children's Rights Information Network (CRIN), December 20, 2007
2) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
3) Have you contributed to PTAVE's 2008 Outreach Fund?
December 11, 2007
1) Ohio Governor Ted Strickland supports paddling ban --
Introduction of legislation to outlaw corporal punishment in schools brings issue into spotlight.
By William Hershey, Staff Writer, Dayton Daily News, December 11, 2007
2) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
December 2, 2007
1) The Baumrind Fallacy revisited
2) Looking toward 2008 -- An invitation to participate
3) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
November 19, 2007
1) "Hidden from View - Few fired for physical abuse; Severe sanctions for educators more likely in sexual cases," By Jill Riepenhoff and Jennifer Smith Richards, The Columbus Dispatch, November 18, 2007
2) "INDIA - Policy against corporal punishment planned," The Hindu, November 18, 2007
3) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. November 14, 2007
1) "Handle With Care: The state continues to license a Midstate youth treatment facility where two have died and many others have been abused," By Elizabeth Ulrich, Nashville Scene, November 8, 2007
2) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
October 30, 2007
1) Legal loopholes keep some teacher misconduct records secret,
By Juliet Williams, The Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007
2) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. October 29, 2007
1) Admitting abuse but free to teach;
Oregon education - Criminal convictions for admitted sexual misconduct are hit and miss, By Amy Hsuan, Melissa Navas and Bill Graves, The Oregonian, October 21, 2007
2) Sexual misconduct plagues U.S. schools;
AP finds 2,500 teachers punished in 5 years,
By Martha Irvine and Robert Tanner, The Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007
3) 125 Wash. teachers punished for sexual misconduct over 5 years,
By Donna Gordon Blankinship,The Associated Press, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2007
4) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available.
October 17, 2007
1) When ‘Tough Love’ Is Too Tough, EDITORIAL, New York Times, October 16, 2007
2) Troubles Mount Within Texas Youth Detention Agency, By Solomon Moore, New York Times, October 16, 2007
3) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. October 14, 2007
1) EDITORIAL: Government hell-bent on creating a nanny state, The Herald online (South Africa), October 12, 2007
2) All-white jury acquits boot camp guards, nurse in death, By The Associated Press, Cnews, October 12, 2007
3) VIDEO: Life in a Florida boot camp and the death of Martin Lee Anderson
4) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. October 7, 2007
1) What Horses Taught Monty Roberts About Wisdom In Parenting
2) Response to a critic
3) The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. October 4, 2007
Idyllic childhoods of CEOs reconsidered
The Relevance of Cognitive Dissonance Theory to the Movement to Ban Corporal Punishment
The new edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. October 1, 2007
Time to padlock paddle peddlers! September 19, 2007 South Africa National Assembly weighs ban on spanking
"Give kids a hiding," MPs told September 13, 2007
1) The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry: This harsh approach to helping troubled teens has a long and disturbing history
2) School of Shock: How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?
3) What Works for Troubled Teens?
4) Experts on Self-Injurious Kids Challenge Dr. Israel's Methods
September 10, 2007
1) Top priority: Please advise best ways for us to reach students with this page. E-mail feedback@nospank.net
2) Suspended Mobile County judge accused of spanking prisoners
3) Principal Admits Spanking Preschooler; State Attorney To Decide Whether To Press Charges
4) Officer accused of spanking woman's rear is charged
August 30, 2007
1) Graduate of a school for troubled teens describes therapy
2) Teenager testifies in Hinton trial
3) Controversy Surrounds Tranquility Bay
August 27, 2007 Dangerous Product Injures Children: Consumer Product Safety Commission looks at child safety with one eye shut WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. Click here for article. August 21, 2007
1) If you can identify the teacher shown in this video, and/or the school where this took place, please email feedback@nospank.net and tell us that information. We want to report him and his employer to child protective services in their jurisdiction.
We'd also like to show this video to the members of the education committees of the involved state legislature and ask them if this behavior conforms to policy. (We'll strictly guard the identity of any informant.) Click here to watch video. This message is also posted www.nospank.net/paddler3.htm.
2) Girl Hit In Face With Belt Buckle;
Mid-South child abuse investigation 3) Our "Open Letter to the American Psychological Association" of July, 2003 remains unanswered, but the problem hasn't gone away. Readers who are new to this list, and others who read the letter when it was issued but have forgotten it, can read it here. August 13, 2007
1) Boy whose mother is accused died of repeated injuries, doctor says
2) Christian discipline? 2 arrested in alleged dragging of girl behind van at boot camp
3) Abuse, neglect appear widespread in Texas schools for retarded July 25, 2007
1) Hitting is never OK
2) Is swatting someone's behind in middle school a sex crime? Documents in Yamhill County "Spanking" case July 21, 2007
1) Loophole in state law has allowed some in teen-help industry to go unlicensed
2) Mississippi Sued Over Alleged Abuse at Girls Detention Center
3) EDITORIAL: Close Columbia Training School
4) Child abuse alarm
5) Most districts still use paddle
6) Academy alleges libel, slander
July 8, 2007
Over the GW July 5, 2007
The Horrors of Hutto July 2, 2007
FOX Television Stations, Inc. Gives Free Advertising to Maker of Product that Endangers Children June 30, 2007
1) Texas Juvenile Detention Centers Cope With Charges of Rape, Abuse
2) Criticism over youth jail death June 28, 2007
1) Romney, Torture, and Teens: The former governor's connections to abusive "tough love" camps, By Maia Szalavitz, reasononline, June 27, 2007
2) MOVIE REVIEW: "Over the GW"
3) "Spanking a child is an act of violence," letter to the editor by Nina Adel, Robertson County Times (Tennessee), June 28, 2007
4) EDITORIAL: "Child abuse cases go on every day in state," Decatur Daily (Alabama) & Nadine Block's letter to the editor, June 27, 2007
June 16, 2007
1) The Dangers Associated With Hitting Children
2) Bad advice from people who should know better,
3) Reasonable and Moderate,
June 8, 2007
AB 755 SHELVED; STATE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CHILD BEATERS May 31, 2007
1) TEACHERS AS BULLIES
2) Nicole's letter to Project NoSpank: My family's cycle of violence stops with me
3) South Africa set to extend spanking ban to the home (2 articles)
4) TENNESSEE - "Receiving wood" -- Jury hears of abuse by coaches
5) BOSTON: Pols deserve swat for proposed spanking ban May 26, 2007
1) CULTURAL CRUELTY TO CHILDREN -- KOREA (5 items)
2) RESOLUTION TO REDUCE VIOLENCE BY REFRAINING FROM CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN, Submitted to Boston City Council, May 9, 2007
3) JUDGE SAYS MOM CAN STAND TRIAL; ACCUSED OF ABUSING HER 2 CHILDREN May 24, 2007
NORTH CAROLINA - PROPOSED PADDLING BAN DEFEATED IN HOUSE VOTE, 66-50, May 24 2007
May 11, 2007
A DOCTOR'S BAD MEDICINE
May 10, 2007
GOD TOLD HIM TO DO IT
May 3, 2007 NEW ZEALAND PROTECTS CHILDREN!
1) Anti-smacking bill passes by landslide with only three MPs voting no,
2) Police welcome smacking bill compromise,
May 1, 2007
1) Anglican Maori support repeal of Section 59
2) Student forced to urinate in bottle during class; Teacher transferred, student suspended
3) The Lucifer Effect; Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
4) Teacher indicted; allegedly didn't report abuse
5) Texas youth prison official fired; Inmate abuse alleged
6) Legal Adult Violence
April 27, 2007
1) Belinda's story as told by her mother
2) Evil parents tortured Chevy
3) For pet trainer to the stars, short leash is not the answer
April 21, 2007
Mother gets supervision for hitting child in face
Priest defrocked for allegedly abusing boys
Ex-youth prison officials charged with inmate abuse
Teacher who threw feces at boy may keep job
Second Grader Stripped Naked, Spanked in Front of Classmates;
School Principal calls it "a family matter"
April 15, 2007
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND POLITICAL MISSIONS April 9, 2007
1) AUSTRALIA FUNDS $2.5m ANTI-SMACKING CAMPAIGN
2) DEMOCRACY WILL SURVIVE THE SMACKS April 4, 2007
1) MOLESTATION AND BEATINGS COMMONPLACE IN TEXAS YOUTH LOCKUPS; COVER-UP OF ABUSES PROBED; REFORMS PROMISED
2) TWO LETTERS FROM A DESPERATE MOM
3) REFORMING TEXAS REFORM SCHOOLS by Jordan Riak March 19, 2007
1) NEW ZEALAND PARENTAL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BAN IMMINENT
a) The Smacking Debate Story: Bradford's law will save our children, by Deborah Coddington, The New Zealand Herald, March 18, 2007
a) PADDLE POLICY: A push to ban corporal punishment in public schools deserves high marks. It's time the state stopped spanking students, Editorial, News & Observer (North Carolina), March 19, 2007 March 15, 2007
HB 853, a bill to prohibit the use of corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools and PTAVE's letter to North Carolina legislators Click here to read items. March 4, 2007
Summit Conference III April 10, 2007 -- Chicago For details and registration, click here. February 26, 2007
1) "Lichfield Declared Innocent of Dundee Ranch Academy Abuse Charges," by Leland Baxter-Neal, Tico Times, February 22, 2007. Read article here. 2) REMINDER: If you haven't read the 2007 edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking," it's online here. If you would like to receive hard copy of the 16-page booklet, just reply to booklet@nospank.net telling us where to send it. February 25, 2007
1) "A little bit of violence is not acceptable," by Jaap E. Doek, Chairperson, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2006
2) "Banning corporal punishment -- What the arguments tell us about our character regarding the treatment of children," by Dr. Kerby Alvy, Exec. Dir. of the Center of the Improvement of Child Caring in California, February 22, 2007
February 24, 2007
1) "CALIFORNIA NO-SPANKING BILL: Bid to end discrimination against children"
2) "NEW ZEALAND bill banning corporal punishment survives key vote,"
By Associated Press, The Globe and Mail, February 22, 2007
February 20, 2007
1) "KANSAS - Spanker protection bill dies in Senate,"
2) "The decline of rape"
3) "Uganda: Son Tortured for Wetting Bed," By Ali Mambule, New Vision (Kampala), February 16, 2007
February 18, 2007
1) "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
2) "Texas looks at banning spanking in schools," By Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times, February 16, 2007
3) "Why are Dutch children so happy?" By Kathryn Westcott, BBC News website, February 14, 2007
February 16, 2007
This is a reminder that the 2007 edition of our booklet, "Plain Talk About Spanking" is now available. You can read it online by clicking here. If you would like to receive a print copy, scroll to the end of the online version for instructions. Don't forget to provide a physical mailing address. Please forward this message to friends and colleagues. J. Riak February 14, 2007
TIME FOR A FEDERAL LAWSUIT OVER PADDLER PROTECTION ACTS? February 11, 2007
1) Nashua, N.H. children endured 'torture'
2) Defense, judge argue in Georgia child-murder trial, as dead boy's brother testifies
3) CPR, 911 call for youth were delayed -- Bowling Brook staff believed boy feigned sleep while unconscious, school reports
February 9, 2007
“Healthy Children, Healthy Community”
Read details here
February 8, 2007
We already have laws against child abuse, don't we?
February 1, 2007
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1) Mutilating for God -- Some children are forced into bloody rite
2) 5-year-old's final hours
January 28, 2007
ANNOUNCEMENT Hear discussions of California assembly proposal to make spanking children under four a misdemeanor
Monday, Jan. 29, 2007
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007
January 22, 2007
1) Just another Mississippi school paddling 2) Some List members reported that they were unable to access Alice Miller's recent letter to us about the 2007 edition our booklet, Plain Talk About Spanking. Try again here.
January 20, 2007
Dear List Members, January 16, 2007
Bill to ban devices to beat children 1) A bill is being sponsored by US Representative Ed Markey to ban devices specifically to beat children. But another Representative is needed to cosponsor the bill to help it reach the floor for debate and a vote. Your help is needed! If you live in the US, please contact your US Representative by entering your state & ZIP code here: www.house.gov/writerep/ Here is a sample letter/phone message: Dear Honorable Representative _______, **After you write/call, please email StopTheRod@stoptherod.net to let us know which US Representative you contacted. Thank you! 2) Devices to beat children have been found in strange places, not just the Internet, but souvenir and toy shops. If you see a device being sold for beating children, please notify us at StopTheRod@stoptherod.net and give us the name and location of the store, a description of the device, and manufacturer if possible. Thank you for helping with this campaign to stamp out these devices! January 15, 2007
1) California: No Spanking Bill, January 11, 2007
2) NYCLU Calls On State Regents To Reject Regulations Permitting Schools To Use Noxious Stimuli To Punish Students With Disabilities, January 8, 2007
January 11, 2007
1) Boy, 4, frightened of spanking, dies in fire, January 9, 2007
2) E-mail from Alice Miller to Jordan Riak, January 8, 2007
January 8, 2007
1) "Shocks From the System," By Maia Szalavitz
2) "Proposal would give immunity to schools that spank," By Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle,
3) "Spanking, pain and pleasure," A letter from R. Ali
4) "Paddling and Gender," By David Hill
January 4, 2007
Schools of Union County, N.C. are now paddle free! December 31, 2006
Union County, N.C. Weighs Pupil-Beating
December 27, 2006
1) CHILD ABUSE, ELDER ABUSE:
2) EDITORIAL, Taiwan Journal: Taiwan bans corporal punishment in schools; moves toward being an advanced, nurturing society
December 24, 2006
"We Weren't Unbeatable -- An Open Letter to a Disciplinarian"
December 15, 2006
1) 2006 School Corporal Punishment Report Card, By Robert Fathman, Ph.D.
2) The Power of Peace By Madeleine Y. Gómez, Ph.D. and Mitch Hall
December 13, 2006
A bill has been sponsored by US Representative Ed Markey to ban the advertising and sale of devices to whip and beat children in the US. This bill needs co-sponsors to get it moving and voted on. So, please write to your US Representative!! Enter your state & ZIP code at this Web page. Then click "Contact My Representative." You will be taken to your Representative's homepage where you can contact them. Here is a sample letter you can use: Dear Representative ________, Thank you for writing!! If we can get some co- sponsors, I think it will pass easily!! Click here to view Rep. Markey's bill. Click here to view some of these devices.
Susan Lawrence Ms. Lawrence is a member of the PTAVE Board of Directors
December 9, 2006
ARE PADDLING SCHOOLS SANCTUARIES FOR SEXUAL PREDATORS? A letter from PTAVE to education department heads in paddling states and their responses
December 6, 2006
Dear List Member: I am writing to announce the 2007 edition of "Plain Talk About Spanking" and to request that you help us cover the cost of printing. Since we first introduced "Plain Talk" in 1992, it’s been a favorite among parents, educators, healthcare providers and other professionals in child-related fields. On August 1, 2006, we received the last shipment of 10,000 copies of the 2006 edition from our printer. That inventory is now nearly depleted. The 2007 edition is ready for printing, but we cannot proceed until we’ve raised the needed funds. If you aren’t familiar with "Plain Talk," you can read the 2007 edition online by clicking here. If you want copies, either we can send you some from remaining stock, or you can wait until the new edition is printed. The booklets are free. If you would like to read some typical correspondence from professional users of "Plain Talk," check out these pages: I know you share our belief in the importance of this effort, and I hope you are able to help support it by making a donation at this time. You can donate to our PayPal account (click here for instructions), or you can send a check to PTAVE, P.O. Box 1033, Alamo, CA 94507. Make the check payable to PTAVE. Since we are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, your donation is tax deductible as allowed by law. E.I.N. #94-2884062. Thank you for caring about the children. Sincerely, Jordan Riak, Executive Director Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE); Web site: Project NoSpank, PTAVE, P.O. Box 1033, Alamo, CA 94507 US; Tel: 925-831-1661; FAX: 925-838-8914
December 4, 2006
"... A family environment that is cruel and uncaring will send cruel and uncaring children into the world as aggressive, violent adults..."
2) Florida -- Charges Filed in Boot Camp Death
3) New York -- Ivy Ridge Academy accreditation rejected; New York Officials Declare Academy at Ivy Ridge "Educational Fraud"
4) Mississippi -- Deadly discipline - Vicksburg mother beat 5-year-old to death because he couldn't count to 20
5) 7M in U.S. Jails, on Probation or Parole November 24, 2006 THREE LETTERS TO PROJECT NOSPANK
1) Non-abusive "Loving Spankings" Messed Me Up For Life
2) Christianity and spanking
3) I don't believe that this was God's will November 22, 2006
1) Who's Watching the Kids?
2) Barbara Neff's letter to writer John Balch of the Nashville Leader about the Murfreesboro school paddling incident
3) Stop spanking kids: UN envoy November 21, 2006
Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Authorities investigating school discipline incident
November 15, 2006
1) Greece outlaws corporal punishment in the home
2) Parents file complaint over swats
3) Saudi court sentences rape victim to 90 lashes
4) Private Christian school under scrutiny over campus conditions, corporal punishment
5) Child Abuse May Alter Victims' Brain Chemistry, Study Shows
6) Letter to the Editor of the Muskogee Phoenix by Jordan Riak
November 12, 2006
Ending legalized violence against children --
Global Report 2006, Global Initiative to End All
Corporal Punishment of Children (Large PDF file.
Allow download time.)
November 7, 2006
The spanking, torture and murder of 4-year-old
Aiyana Gauvin
November 4, 2006
1) Three-year-old spanked to death
2 ) Mother held on suspicion of murder, torture,
child
abuse -- Child welfare contacted 3 times before
eight-year-old boy died
3) A letter to promoters of "Teen Help"
October 31, 2006
Corporal punishment in Union County, North Carolina schools
is arbitrary and therefore illegal: A letter from Atty. J.
Robert Sheppard, Jr. to the Union County Board of
Education
October 27, 2006
1) Heartland Christian Academy: School of Last
Resort
2) Dr. Robert Fathman's letter to Dr. Gil
Kliman
October 12, 2006
1)CEOs' Childhoods: Credited or Faulted?
2) New Zealand National Party gets behind limits
on smacking
3) ALERT From Susan Lawrence (Stop the Rod)
4) The new, revised edition of "Plain Talk about Spanking" is now available. Click here to read it online. Instructions for getting your free copy of this 16-page booklet are at the end of the text. Professionals in child-related fields may obtain quantities as long as our stock holds out.
October 11, 2006
House Approves School Strip Search Bill
Parents: Teacher crossed the line with discipline -
- Police report filed over alleged stomping incident
States should ban violence against children: UN
study
September 29, 2006
In Many Public Schools, the Paddle Is No
Relic
PADDLING: A practice that belongs in the dark
ages
September 26, 2006
Childhood memories
Daddy, please stop
A BILL To ban certain devices sold or marketed for the purpose of hitting or whipping children
Why effective national child protection systems are needed
September 21, 2006
Debate over the meaning of "rod" is irrelevant
By Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf
How to bring up boys who can't think clearly
Exploitation of Youth & Families: Perspectives on Unregulated Residential Treatment
Does PTAVE equate teachers to prostitutes, porn stars?
September 15, 2006
Ex-Yorktown mom, Christine Somma, takes on N.C. schools over corporal punishment
Corporal Punishment's Hidden Costs
Letter to Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Letter to Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Letter to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints September 10, 2006
Summit Conference II: National Leaders in the Child and Nonviolence August 25, 2006
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland City Council takes a stand against S59
MISSISSIPPI - An open letter to the Desoto County parent and school board community August 23, 2006
EDITORIAL: A reevaluation of corporal
punishment
Giving power to the paddle --
Some North Texas school districts are holding fast to
corporal punishment, but critics say they're out of
whack
Letter to Dallas Morning News
August 19, 2006
Too much anger in black youth today
In praise of spanking>
August 10, 2006
Laurel, Mississippi Schools OK Corporal
Punishment
New Zealanders Demand Spanking Ban After
Deaths of Maori Twins
July 22, 2006
Three disciplined in suicide of 18-year-old at youth prison,
By Don Thompson, Associated Press, Mercury News, July 21, 2006
Hard Lessons in Herat Schools: Despite a ban on corporal punishment, schoolteachers in Herat insist on beating knowledge into their charges.
By Sadeq Behnam and Sudabah Afzali in Herat, Afghan Recovery Report, No. 223, July 20, 2006
COSBY, OTHERS SAY BLACK MEN STILL IN CRISIS
By Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2006
July 11, 2006
Ban on Corporal Punishment in Schools reaps results
in Bangladesh June 30, 2006
1) FLORIDA OUTLAWS MILITARY-STYLE BOOT CAMPS FOR YOUTH
2) Votes To Put Limits on Schools' Behavioral Therapy
Like Electric Shocks, By Leon Neyfakh, The New
York Sun
3) The State Education Department / The University
of the State of New York: "Emergency adoption of
proposed regulations, including the use of aversive
behavioral interventions"
June 23, 2006 URGENT:
Press Conference re: Judge
Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts Massachusetts legislators are about to vote whether or not to ban the use of torture to modify the behavior of children -- a practice euphemistically called "aversive therapy." Write to them now even if you have written before, and urge their support for amendment #765 to the FY2007 Budget which will outlaw the practice and thereby bring Massachusetts fully into the civilized world.
Read JRC Program Visitation Report– 6/9/2006 Read more about the Judge Rotenberg Center on the Project NoSpank Web site.
June 20, 2006 URGENT: New findings of child torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center ARC Mass has obtained new findings of extreme torture at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. Besides spanking, "hot-saucing" and pinching children, and denying them food, the new findings include:
"Please support amendment #765 to the FY2007 Budget, to ban 'aversive therapy' in Massachusetts, such as occurs at the Rotenberg Center in Canton, MA. Rotenberg is the only school in the US that uses such torture on autistic, deaf and retarded children. 'Aversive therapy' has not been proven to be beneficial, and it is cruel and inhumane to allow it to continue. The tortures that occur daily at Rotenberg are well-documented, and inexcusable. Please vote for amendment #765." Thank you for speaking out against this outrage!! Here is the investigative report, and today's Boston Globe article (6/19/06): "A shocking form of therapy," By Brian A. Joyce, Boston Globe, June 19, 2006 JRC Program Visitation Report– 6/9/2006: http://arcmass.org/NYJRCReport.pdf
Susan Lawrence
June 18, 2006 1) PTAVE's proposal to 272 members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops June 16, 2006
URGENT! Please act now to protect helpless children
from "therapeutic" torture. See
Judge Rotenberg Center investigated
for child torture June 13, 2006 Dade County, Florida adopts Resolution Opposing Violence Directed at Children June 8, 2006 1. I prepared this for a parent who needed a fast, easy-to-print, black-ink-only, one-page doc to distribute at a school board meeting. If your children attend a paddling school, you may find this useful. If you missed the last board meeting, send a printout to each school board member's home address. It'll give them something important to think about over the summer break. See SPANKING AT SCHOOL. 2. Excellent article in today's Guardian Suffer little children; US evangelists are twisting the Bible to say that beating the young is a Christian doctrine 3. This "behavior modification" outfit shows its true colors. See Woman distraught: denied visit with sister at Ivy Ridge Academy J. Riak
June 7, 2006 I am pleased and a privileged to introduce Krystina Kessler, PTAVE's very special new friend. I am confident we are going to see great things from this young lady. You'll understand what I mean after you've read her letter. J. Riak
May 30, 2006 1. International Petition to End Institutionalized Child Abuse
2.
COALITION AGAINST
INSTITUTIONALIZED
CHILD ABUSE
May 25, 2006
1. Boot camp youth dies of thirst after forced
exercise; 8 indicted
2. Teacher accused of abusing autistic child
3.
Principal suspended without pay for allegedly
restraining student with chain
May 12, 2006
1.Pastor charged with spanking girl
2. Juvenile Jail Workers Charged in Sex Case
3.Youth minister accused of sexually abusing teenager
4. Youth Minister Accused Of Sex Crime
May 5, 2006 Martin Lee Anderson: Latest News
1. Autopsy: Boot camp guards killed teen; Second
coroner's examination finds 14-year-old suffocated,
CNN, May 5, 2006
2. Second autopsy finds boy hit at boot camp died of
suffocation, By Mitch Stacy, Associated Press, May
5, 2006 May 3, 2006
1. Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Woman Spanked at
Work
By Juliana Barbassa, AP, AOL News
2. Divine Discipline, Lance West Reporting for
NewsChannel 4, KFOR-TV-DT
3. Ask Ten Spankers, By Jordan Riak
May 2, 2006
1. Proposed Resolution to Protect Children, Arlington, Massachusetts, May, 2006
2. Protect Children in Chicago, May, 2006
April 30, 2006
1. Tough Love Quackery: Maia Szalavitz’s Presentation to The Cato Foundation
2. Statement by Kathryn Whitehead, Former Student at Mission Mountain School, Montana
3. Breaking Down Our Kids; Child Abuse for Profit is Occurring in America By Joshua Chiappelli
April 26, 2006
GOOD NEWS FROM FLORIDA April 26, 2006
ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Straus has earned many honors and awards for his research, which have been used to change policies around the world. He just returned from doing presentations at 2 universities in Canada. Come learn about this important issue which affects the individual & society in many ways. All ages welcome. Sue Lawrence April 21, 2006
PRESS RELEASE April 18, 2006
1. Is Desoto County Board of Education asleep at the wheel?
2. April Signals Child Abuse Prevention Month; Vacaville Honors National Campaign
3. My Story
4. Crossville (TN) minister arrested for sexual battery
April 15, 2006
1. Getting a handle on unruly kids as easy as 1, 2, 3
2. Charge against teacher dropped after prosecutor's test
April 12, 2006
1. Joey Aletriz, 1989 - 2006 2. Initial autopsy: Restrained teen was suffocated See: http://nospank.net/aletriz2.htm 3. Martin Lee Anderson, 1992-2006 EDITORIAL: State-sanctioned abuse, St. Petersburg Times, See: http://nospank.net/andersn2.htm April 5, 2006
Life and death in a Florida boot camp: WARNING: Contains live footage of the fatal beating of a teenager. Do not play the video section if children are present. See http://nospank.net/anderson.htm March 31, 2006
1) Abusive treatment of children in the name of "Attachment Therapy" 2) A letter to Dr. William C. Harrison, Superintendent, Cumberland County Schools, North Carolina, from Peggy Dean, March 30, 2006 http://nospank.net/dean8.htm 3) Ban the corporal punishment of children, EDITORIAL, The Manila Times, March 31, 2006 http:// nospank.net/manila.htm 4) Parents ask for school paddling to stop, WWAY3.com, March 30, 2006 http://nospank.net/n-p91r.htm 5) Teacher facing charges again for throwing student, WFTV.com, March 30, 2006 http://nospank.net/n-p90r.htm 6) Father charged; Admits slapping 6-year-old son, The Record-Courier, March 29, 2006 at http://nospank.net/n-p89r.htm
March 27, 2006
SEE: Baby-whipping books SEE: "Dead child's mom sought discipline tips; Lynn Paddock ordered books by a minister and his wife that recommended using pipe to spank kids" at http://nospank.net/n-p86r.htm SEE: "Spanking a sore subject in Arlington; Town split over upcoming vote," at http:// nospank.net/n-p88r.htm SEE: "Spanking horrors detailed; Ex-headmaster's arrest opens old wounds, say former Morris students" at http://nospank.net/lynch.htm
March 26, 2006 Ohio Couple Loses Custody of 11 Children:
See: http://nospank.net/n-p87r.htm
March 15, 2006 Re: Survey by Tennessee Representative Beth Harwell Dear Representative Harwell, Item #15 on your survey asks: "Would you favor increasing the penalty for a first-time conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony? (The penalty for a Class A misdemeanor is not more than 11 months/29 days, or a fine not to exceed $2,500 or both. The penalty for a Class E felony is 1-6 years, with possible fines up to $3,000.) Yes__________ No___________" Speaking as one who is appalled by cruelty to animals, I was pleased to see your interest in the subject. However, I did not see anything addressing aggravated cruelty to children. This link best explains my disappointment with the omission. See http://www.nospank.net/violatn.htm I welcome your comments and suggestions which I will be happy to share with our readers. J. Riak
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