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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
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
2) E-mail from Alice Miller to Jordan Riak, January 8, 2007
January 8, 2007
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
December 31, 2006
December 27, 2006
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
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
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
November 15, 2006
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
November 7, 2006
November 4, 2006
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
October 27, 2006
2) Dr. Robert Fathman's letter to Dr. Gil
Kliman
October 12, 2006
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
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
PADDLING: A practice that belongs in the dark
ages
September 26, 2006
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
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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