"As long as the child will be trained not by love, but by fear, so long will humanity live not by justice, but by force. As long as the child will be ruled by the educator’s threat and by the father’s rod, so long will mankind be dominated by the policeman’s club, by fear of jail, and by panic of invasion by armies and navies.”
    BORIS SIDIS, from "A lecture on the abuse of the fear instinct in early education" in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1919

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"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., Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; from the Keynote Address to the Kids Symposium, "Uniting America to Fight Childhood Injury," Washington, D.C., February 16, 1989   See www.nospank.net/koop2.htm

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Almost, Events in Oakland, California, December '98--March '99 Links to Favorite Related Web Sites Prominent organizations' position statements opposing corporal punishment Criando niños sin violencia: Spanish-language materials The Newsroom April 2006 - Present January 2005 - April 2006 November 2002 - December 2004 July 1999 - October 2002 May 1998 - June 1999 September 1981- April 1998 The worst of all bad habits (If this or any other PDF page fails to open due to a pop-up blocker on your system, hold down the "Ctrl" button and click the link again.) Photographs of schoolchildren's paddling-related injuries and an open letter to educators and education policymakers in paddling districts WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. VIOLATED SCHOOLCHILDREN: Corporal punishment-induced trauma WARNING - These images may be deeply disturbing to some viewers. Do not open this page if children are present. Abuse in schools is out!    A check list of abusive treatment of schoolchildren and advice to parents HTML version   PDF version Twenty good reasons to stop a bad practice Does PTAVE equate teachers to prostitutes, porn stars? Corporal punishment exemption A form for use by parents/guardians of children who attend a school that permits corporal punishment Countries where spanking is prohibited by law in the home, at school, everywhere!   Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine   Abolition dates Recent messages to the PTAVE List Corporal punishment archive This page includes all content formerly found in "Project NoSpank Index by Author." 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PADDLING & LYNCHING
In The United States

	Top ten paddling states 1. Mississippi 2. Arkansas 3. Alabama 4. Tennessee 5. Oklahoma 6. Louisiana 7. Texas 8. Georgia 9. Missouri 10. New Mexico SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2000 Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report.
	Top ten lynching states 1. Mississippi 2. Georgia 3. Texas 4. Louisiana 5. Alabama 6. Florida 7. Arkansas 8. Tennessee 9. South Carolina 10. Kentucky SOURCE: The Charles Chesnutt Digital Archive

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