The Hitting
Stops Here!

Spare the Rod By Riane Eisler Aggression and Delinquency, By Philip Greven Proclamation Opposing Corporal Punishment By African American Leaders December, 2004. America Incarcerated: Crime, Punishment, and the Question of Race, By Glenn C. Loury, from the Boston Review, Utne Reader, November / December 2007 Paddlers' state of mind, By Jordan Riak, July 3, 2008 Murder Case Tests Limits on Parents’ Right to Hit By Andy Newman and Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times, January 20, 2008 Physical Education: When special-ed teachers seclude and restrain students, the state says no one needs to know, By Elizabeth Ulrich, Nashville Scene, January 24, 2008 Europe is moving towards a total ban of domestic violence against children, Source: Council of Europe - Commissioner of Human Rights, January 22, 2008 Belts equal violence, not discipline By Richard Davis and Robert Heskett (Mr. Davis is president and Mr. Heskett executive director of Family Nonviolence Inc. in Fairhaven.) www.southcoasttoday.com, Janurary 25, 2008 The child which has been whipped into obedience is a pitiful object By George Ryley Scott, From The History of Corporal Punishment (1996) Pgs. 241-243 The Neurobiology of Child Abuse Maltreatment at an early age can have enduring negative effects on a child's brain development and function. STRESS sculpts the brain to exhibit various ANTISOCIAL, though adaptive, behaviors, By Martin H. Teicher, Scientific American, March 2002, pg. 68-75 The whip, the paddle, the hickory switch Presentation, Feb. 23, 2008, Black History Month Celebration, San Mateo Public Library, by Jordan Riak Paddling Then and Now Comparison of a 19th Century plantation scene to a 21st Century classroom scene. The Origin and True Purpose of the Paddle U.S. states that permit disciplinary child beating Urge key education policy makers to ban corporal punishment now. Click on state for contatct info. ALABAMA,   ARKANSAS, ARIZONA,   COLORADO, FLORIDA,   GEORGIA, IDAHO,   INDIANA, KANSAS,   KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA,   MISSOURI,   MISSISSIPPI,   N. CAROLINA, NEW MEXICO,   OHIO, OKLAHOMA,   S. CAROLINA TENNESSEE,   TEXAS, WYOMING Contact the presidential candidate of your choice. Ask that the banning of corporal punishment in all schools of the United States be added to his or her presidential platform. Click here for contact info. Sample letters to lawmakers, policymakers and others in positions of responsibility and influence in states that permit corporal punishment of schoolchildren Paula Flowe's letter to Johnny Hunt, Superintendent of Robeson County (NC) Public Schools, March 20, 2008 Group calls for corporal punishment ban By Mark Locklear, The Robesonian, March 19, 2008 National organization leads protest at Red Springs Middle School By Mark S. Moses, Editor, The Red Springs Citizen, March 26, 2008