Self-Protection/ Abuse Prevention Articles "It has been written: 'Honor thy father and thy mother.' It is essential to add, I think: 'Respect the soul of your child! Think of the future generations!" Tomas Masaryk, First President of Czechoslovakia, from Humanistic Ideals, 1901. See Video clip. People Opposed to Paddling
Students 10 Things People Can Do To Prevent Violence National Child Abuse Prevention
Month 22 STATES ALLOW PADDLING/CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS
Off-Site Directory
February 2006Video Shows Fatal Boot Camp Beating, By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press Writer, AP, February 9, 2006www.nospank.net/n-p61r.htm January 2006Gossett Center accused
by ex-workers of abuses; Lifton request triggers Inspector General's
office probe, By Jennie Daley, Journal Staff, The Ithaca Journal, January
20, 2006 TEXAS: U.S. District Court condones deliberate injury
of schoolchildren, January 12, 2006
NEWS RELEASE -- Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Investigates the Death of Martin Lee Anderson, January 10,
2006
Child-Abuse Deaths Stun New Yorkers, By Allison Keyes, NPR, January
24, 2006 (With audio) Police: Coach ordered corporal punishment of player, 13 WVEC-TV,
January 24, 2006 (With audio) No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?, By John Gorenfeld, AlterNet,
January 23, 2006 Calls for smacking ban rejected, BBC NEWS, January 22, 2006 Teen dies 3 hours after being admitted to Military-style lockup.
Lawmaker demands shutdown. Help at any cost: How the troubled-teen industry cons parents and hurts kids Attachment Therapy on Trial: The Torture and Death of Candace
Newmaker "There never was a time when a major social problem was solved
by beating a child. And there never will be such a time... For centuries
adults have injured children and have lied about it, and other adults
have heard those lies and then merely turned away... we must begin
putting the blame where it belongs." . -- C. Everett Koop,
M.D., Sc. D
NEPAL - Anti-corporal punishment training to be started, The Rising
Nepal, December 30, 2005 CALIFORNIA - Prison blamed in teen death Staff withheld mental
help and used a prohibited lockdown before his suicide, report says,
By Mark Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, December 30, 2005 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Corporal punishment in schools, Editorial,
Khaleej Times, December 30, 2005 TAIWAN - Physical punishment legislation makes progress in Legislature,
By Edward Chung, Taiwan News, December 29, 2005 CALIFORNIA - Spankers' reference to Proverbs is a ruse, Letter
to the San Bernardino County Sun By The Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf
, December 19, 2005 CALIFORNIA - Minister faces jail in beating of his son; Some say
corporal punishment a right, By Brad A. Greenberg, San Bernardino
County Sun, December 18, 2005 CANADA - Police cite "torturous abuse" of 4-year-old
girl; Edmonton couple charged, By CTV.ca News Staff, CTV.ca, December
17, 2005 Deputy Charged With Injury To A Child Couple kept 11 adopted children in cages Abounding Grace School's owners to answer charges; Punishment turned
into abuse, boys say NORWAY - Supreme Court upholds spanking ban, Aftenposten, December
9, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p32r.htm PENNSYLVANIA - New Regulations Bar Spanking In Schools, By AP, KDKA, December 4, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p33r.htm FLORIDA - Mother, son found dead in apparent murder-suicide, By The Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner, December 1, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p30r.htm
MISSOURI - Missouri among leaders in swats -- School paddlings fewer, not gone, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, November 30, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p29r.htm WASHINGTON - Discipline is a constant, but spanking is never OK, By Jan Faull, Special to The Seattle Times, November 12, 2005 www.nospank.net/faull.htm UK - Commission calls for a ban on even the gentlest smacking of children, By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent, Telegraph.co.uk, November 11, 2005 www.nospank.net/n-p27r.htm
Dr.
E, Professor of Psychology and Jordan Riak debate spanking SPANKING?
ABUSE? Alice Miller responds to a spanker "No bruises, no abuse," cops say -- Good citizen gagged for reporting child's screams; Letter to PTAVE from Susan Lawrence, September 18, 2005 CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT: An open letter to the Union County School Board Strap to be banned
in all Victorian schools For a trip down Memory Lane, listen to this recording from 1985. It was a good message then, when there were 42 states that paddled, and it is a good message now for the remaining 22. Allow a minute or two for the audio to download. "It's a bad lesson to teach our children," Caroline Wean, Vice President and General Manager of KPIX-TV, Speaking in support of H.B. 1617, California corporal punishment ban. Presidential Call
for End of Capital and Corporal Punishment Parents of student
who was paddled file suit against Groveton ISD Presidential
Call for End of Capital and Corporal Punishment Parents
of student who was paddled file suit against Groveton ISD Psychologists
demand smacking ban
Psychologists
demand smacking ban New York
Times Underplays Boot Camp Abuse, Lack of Success The lessons
I learned at Casa by the Sea CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT EXEMPTION Christian
school unrepentant over smacking pamphlet, Principal
defends smacking pamphlet, School
sends home how-to-smack pamphlets, Spanking suit settled for $94,000; Middle schoolers claim Harvey cops paddled them, August 24, 2005 YOUR VIEWS:
End to school paddling long overdue, Letters to the Birmingham Post
Smacking
would be assault, say police, Foster
parents are convicted; Beating of disabled teen in their Lombard
home caught on video, Ex-Teacher
Guilty of Spanking Boys, By Venice Buhain,
US: The
abuse of this child truly is the stuff of nightmares Ex-boyfriend found guilty
in spanking of 2 toddlers; He said that he had busted their butts
with a paddle Camp death leads to murder
charges -- Boy died after being restrained by counselors A Study
in Contrasts Child-spanking as Sexual
Abuse, Aga av barn som sexuellt
övergrepp, Community stunned as HS
coach charged with spanking players,
CANADA:
Presentation by Senator Hervieux-Payette HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE FOR
EQUAL PROTECTION Morrisville man pleads
guilty to child-porn charges, The Childhood
Origins of the Holocaust HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE FOR
EQUAL PROTECTION Paddling & Lynching in the United States Judge
Amy's verdict on spanking FORT LAUDERDALE
`BOOT CAMP' -- Slew of calls drew police to school Abuse
allegations investigated at Lauderdale boarding school for girls FORT LAUDERDALE
`BOOT CAMP' - Loophole let school avoid regulation Army-style girls' school
shuts doors VIOLENCE
KILLS LOVE:
To spank
or not to spank Countries where children are protected by law from all corporal punishment Against Corporal Punishment – Moving Toward Constructive Child Discipline, UNESCO Publication Cincinnati
Councilman Sam Malone charged with beating son State probes
boy's death Camp's risky punishment cited Boy's pleas
for aid denied; Inhaler withheld, restrained teen died Lawsuit:
Youth claims camp counselors broke his arms `I did it out of love': Felony charge for father who spanked son
with belt
What is Hatred? Charter school chief gets jail for beating son Private
school doesn't like state's 'therapeutic' label Jordan Riak, April 24, 2005 http://nospank.net/riak114.htm Should schools spank? Policies, attitudes vary widely over use of corporal punishment. By Mandi Steele, Globe Staff Writer Joplin Globe, April 23, 2005 http://nospank.net/n-o39r.htm Dickinson, TX parents arrested, father accused of paddling stepson From 11 News Staff Reports KHOU-TV, April 22, 2005 http://nospank.net/n-o38r.htm Mother
Files Lawsuit, Claims Boarding School Abused Son Mother
sues treatment center, claims son was beaten, abused What
is Hatred? Charter
school chief gets jail for beating son `I did
it out of love': Felony charge for father who spanked son with belt
TEXAS: Pro-paddling
bill sails through House; Under plan, prosecutors must show spanking
is more than discipline Paddling
at school, abuse at home Sue Nunn's letter to each member of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee and a response from Rep. Paul I. Clymer Paddling
Isn't Funny The last
resort -- Inside Tranquility Bay Mom pulls
twins from Eagle Point after riot Access the name of sex offenders in your community. ARKANSAS:
Corporal Punishment Ineffective, Administrators Say New
Greek translation of Plain Talk about Spanking "Crossed
signals, Mixed messages"
GENEVA:
Dr. Tariq Ramadan, a world-renowned Islamic scholar, issued a call
TEXAS:
Dallas School District: Paddling out, uniforms in
"Canadian
Supreme Court hears arguments against spanking" "Spare
the rod -- or face jail?" Iceland
bans spanking Delaware
becomes the 28th state to ban school paddling Click here for specific Sexual Abuse Prevention tips and techniques. |
