You have probably heard the expression, "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Do you agree with it? Perhaps you were spanked as a kid. Was it appropriate? Some people see spanking as an outdated method of punishment or even child abuse, while others view a swat on the bottom as a parent's prerogative. Where do we draw the line when it comes to disciplining our children?
Tweed Daily News - January 07, 2009
Staunchly against corporal punishment of any kind, the full-time mum chooses to remove herself when she feels her temper rising. ...
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The Nation Newspaper - January 07, 2009
by Cecil McCarthy IN THIS my first article for 2009 I discuss the issue of corporal punishment. I was influenced into returning to this subject because of a ...
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ScienceAlert - January 06, 2009
Data from Europe suggests the continued acceptance of domestic corporal punishment in NSW could be contributing to child deaths. ...
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Scotsman - January 05, 2009
The abolition of corporal punishment in schools has surely proved to be a backward step which has bred pupils who consider themselves immune from any ...
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The Australian - January 04, 2009
A study of child homicide published in the Medical Journal of Australia says measures to reduce child abuse - including outlawing corporal punishment such ...
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Scotsman - January 03, 2009
When these provisions were being enacted, ministers did not want to have the subject of corporal punishment in schools raised in debate and therefore ...
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Boston Globe - January 01, 2009
That report asked the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cease committing rights violations such as "amputations and corporal punishment. ...
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Vancouver Sun - December 30, 2008
Although the Criminal Code allows parents and teachers to use reasonable corrective force, the BC School Act bans corporal punishment. ...
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Daily News Egypt - December 26, 2008
Isn’t it a fact that corporal punishment was banned by ministerial decree 591 of 1998 but that it remains common practice precisely because of the ...
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Southeast European Times - December 26, 2008
Corporal punishment in Serbia is illegal in schools but not in homes. Social workers, whose job is to react to every reported act of violence against ...
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BBC News - December 25, 2008
It is also trying to tackle violence in schools and has issued new statements on the prohibition of corporal punishment.
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NewsBlaze - December 24, 2008
... Council in Gaza have approved a new bill "to implement Koranic punishments," including hand amputation, crucifixion, corporal punishment and execution. ...
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WNKU - December 23, 2008
Corporal punishment is still legal, and about half of the state's school districts use spanking as a form of punishment, according to research in the ...
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The Post - December 22, 2008
It is not the first event of this nature when a student expired after getting corporal punishment. In the past, many cases of corporal punishment at the ...
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The Moscow Times - December 22, 2008
The forms of corporal punishment practiced in Europe and Russia tended to be similar, although they diverge at times due to the Russian tendency to adapt ...
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Reuters AlertNet - December 22, 2008
Save the Children has prioritised three forms of violence in its follow-up work on the UN Study: corporal punishment and other inhuman or degrading ...
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Washington Post - December 21, 2008
... General Ban Ki-moon issued a special human rights report that called upon Iran to address concerns such as "amputations and corporal punishment. ...
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Barbados Advocate - December 18, 2008
We are referring today to the issue of corporal punishment in schools, but we could equally be referring to the issues of republicanism, the death penalty, ...
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Chicago Tribune - December 17, 2008
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They said that violates a state ban on corporal punishment that has been in place since 1993. Rocks said the coaches still have to have hearings before the ...
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State Gazette - December 17, 2008
Notable changes in current policies included guidelines concerning hazing, corporal punishment, registered sex offenders and differentiated pay. ...
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