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Who gets to hit kids?
Posted By katie allison granju
A case in Hancock County in which a school administrator hit a student so hard the child needed medical attention is leading to a lot of discussion . Over at Roane Views, White’s Creek says:
When our first child is very young, all parents face decisions on how to raise, teach, and discipline them. To Spank or not to spank?
Most school systems have wisely eliminated corporal punishment for a couple of reasons. There’s no evidence it works and there are all sorts of opportunities for abuse. Why any school system still allows paddling elementary schools children is beyond me…
Coincidentally, this story broke the same day a new study was released indicating that children who are spanked are more likely to develop risky sexual behaviors as adults.
(For the record, I’m a mother to four kids, and I don’t believe in hitting them…or hitting anyone else in my family, for that matter.)
Feb 29th, 2008
