See more recent materials at http://nospank.net/news6.htm MISSISSIPPI - Is Desoto County Board of Education asleep at the wheel?, Peggy Dean's Letter to the Editor of the Desoto Appeal, Submitted April 18, 2006 L FLORIDA - Charge against teacher dropped after prosecutor's test, By Jenny Lee Allen, HeraldTribune.com, April 14, 2006 CALIFORNIA - April Signals Child Abuse Prevention Month; Vacaville Honors National Campaign, By Paula LeDoux, LMFT, Family Times, April 12, 2006 ILLINOIS - Hitting kids not the answer, Michelle DiGiacomo's letter to the Chicago Sun-Times, April 12, 2006 R S FLORIDA - Coral Springs dad charged with abuse claims Bible permits spanking, By Will Greenlee, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 11, 2006 L FLORIDA - EDITORIAL: State-sanctioned abuse, St. Petersburg Times, April 9, 2006 ILLINOIS - Getting a handle on unruly kids as easy as 1, 2, 3, By Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times, April 6, 2006 S AUSTRALIA - Accused text bully faces sex charges, By John Henzell, Stuff.co.nz, April 5, 2006 L PENNSYLVANIA - No charges will be filed in teen's death, By Dan Shope and Joanna Poncavage, The Morning Call, April 2, 2006 R,S TENNESSEE - Crossville (TN) minister arrested for sexual battery, WVLT -TV, March 31, 2006 THE PHILIPPINES - Ban the corporal punishment of children, EDITORIAL, The Manila Times, March 31, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - Parents ask for school paddling to stop, WWAY3.com, March 30, 2006 FLORIDA - Teacher Facing Charges Again For Throwing Student, WFTV.com, March 30, 2006 OHIO - Father charged; Admits slapping 6-year-old son, The Record-Courier, March 29, 2006 UNITED STATES - Baby-whipping books, Message to PTAVE List from Susan Lawrence, March 27, 2006 MASSACHUSETTS - Spanking a sore subject in Arlington; Town split over upcoming vote, By Melissa Beecher, Globe Correspondent, Boston Globe, March 26, 2006 OHIO - Ohio Couple Loses Custody of 11 Children: -- They Used Attachment Therapy and "Nancy Thomas Parenting" -- "Tight Structure" with Cages & Alarms -- Parents and Therapist Still Face Criminal Charges SOURCE: AT NEWS, March 25, 2006 TENNESSEE - Parents' quick release stuns prosecutor; Pair who slashed baby's throat serve little of 8-year sentence, By Sheila Burke, Staff Writer, The Tennessean, March 24, 2006 S NEW YORK - Woman tells of spanking from professor, By Paul Brooks, Times Record News, March 22, 2006 L FLORIDA - Doctor: Boot Camp Teen Likely Suffocated, By Bill Kaczor, Excite.com, March 17, 2006 R NORTH CAROLINA - Dead child's mom sought discipline tips; Lynn Paddock ordered books by a minister and his wife that recommended using pipe to spank kids, By Mandy Locke, Staff Writer, The News & Observer, March 16, 2006 L FLORIDA - Beating at boot camp is blamed for boy's death, From Jacqui Goddard in Miami, TIMESONLINE, March 16, 2006 > L FLORIDA - Lawmakers, Parents Outraged by Nurse in Boot Camp Beating Video, By Victoria Langley, WJHG.COM, (Undated posting. Probably late Feb.) 2006 S NEW JERSEY - Spanking horrors detailed: Ex-headmaster's arrest opens old wounds, say former Morris students, By Peggy Wright, Daily Record, February 26, 2006 L FLORIDA - Boy, 14, tells of boot camp beatings. A boy who says he witnessed the beating of Martin Lee Anderson recalled what he saw and heard at the Panama City boot camp. By Marc Caputo mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com, Miami Herald, February 26, 2006 L FLORIDA - Body of Fla. Boot Camp Teen to Be Exhumed, By Melissa Nelson, AP News Excite.com, February 24, 2006 L FLORIDA - Boot camps to ban manhandling of kids, By Marc Caputo and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, February 24, 2006 L FLORIDA - Assess boot camps; Teen's death calls for juvenile detention study, OPINION: HeraldToday.com, February 24, 2006 L FLORIDA - Sheriff to shut boot camp; The Bay County sheriff says he will cancel the camp's contract in 90 days: Its "integrity ... has been compromised.", By Curtis Krueger, Letitia Stein and Abbie Vansickle, St. Petersburg Times, February 22, 2006 L FLORIDA - Boot Camp Autopsy Doctor Questioned Before, By Brent Kallestad, apnews.excite.com, February 20, 2006 R S VIRGINIA - Preacher is charged with paddling woman, By Donnie Johnston, Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star, February 18, 2006 OHIO - Malone innocent of abusing son, By Sherry Coolidge, Enquirer Staff Writer, The Enquirer, February 17, 2006 L FLORIDA - Tape released showing teen beaten at boot camp; Video shows guards restraining, punching boy, WPBFNews.com, February 17, 2006 L FLORIDA - Coroner: Beaten Boy Died of Blood Disorder, By Melissa Nelson, AP Online, February 16, 2006 L FLORIDA - JUVENILE JUSTICE -- Boot camp closure sought, By Carol Marbin Miller, Marc Caputo and Gary Fineout, Miami Herald, February 15, 2006 L FLORIDA - Is beating kids at boot camp all in a day's work?, By Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, February 14, 2006 MISSISSIPPI - DeSoto schools ponder paddling, By Jamie Mercer The Tribune, February 9, 2006 L FLORIDA - Video Shows Boot Camp Beating By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press Writer AP, February 9, 2006 S NEW JERSEY - Spanking suspect may get plea deal; Morristown man, 72, freed on his own recognizance, By Peggy Wright, Daily Record, February 9, 2006 L PENNSYLVANIA - Initial autopsy: Restrained teen was suffocated, By Cindy Stauffer, Lancaster New Era, February 9, 2006 TEXAS - 'Hearing aids' for students, By Lyndol Wilkinson, The Huntsville Item, January 27, 2006 L MONTANA - State finds abuse at youth academy, By Sarah Cooke, Associated Press Writer, Helena Independent Record, January 27, 2006 WISCONSIN - Pregnant Mother Of 14 Accused Of Hitting Kids With Belt, Fists, WJACTV.com, January 27, 2006 OHIO - If this isn't domestic violence, what is?, Dr. Robert Fathman's letter to the Editor of the Cincinnati Post, January 27, 2006 OHIO - Malone describes whipping his son, By Tony Cook, Post staff reporter Cincinnati Post, January 26, 2006 OHIO - 'He kept on hitting me' -- Sam Malone's domestic violence trial starts, By Sharon Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer, January 24, 2006 NEW YORK - Child-Abuse Deaths Stun New Yorkers, By Allison Keyes, NPR, January 24, 2006 (With audio) VIRGINIA - Police: Coach ordered corporal punishment of player, 13 WVEC-TV, January 24, 2006 (With audio) L UNITED STATES - No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?, By John Gorenfeld, AlterNet, January 23, 2006 UK - Calls for smacking ban rejected, BBC NEWS, January 22, 2006 TEXAS - Mom pleads guilty in spanking case, By Scott E. Williams, The Daily News, January 21, 2006 L NEW YORK - Gossett Center accused by ex-workers of abuses; Lifton request triggers Inspector General's office probe, By Jennie Daley, The Ithaca Journal, January 20, 2006 NEW YORK - Stepfather Recalls Beatings: 'This Is for Your Own Good', By Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, January 20, 2006 UNITED STATES - Contraband communications, By John S. Adams, Missoula Independent, Vol. 17 No. 3, January 19, 2006 UNITED STATES - Underground network moves children from home to home , By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, January 18, 2006 UNITED STATES - No state fully compliant with child-welfare standards, By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, January 18, 2006 OHIO - Enclosed beds cause controversy: Is it a cage or bed? Cruel or therapeutic?, By Wendy Koch, USA Today, January 17, 2006 UNITED STATES- Mental Health Profession Condemns Attachment Therapy; Authorities Advised to Suspect Abuse in AT Cases; AT Industry Warned to Cease Immediately, SOURCE: Advocates for Children in Therapy, January 13, 2006 L FLORIDA - When a child dies, discipline has failed -- OUR OPINION: LEGISLATURE SHOULD PULL FINANCIAL PLUG ON BOOT CAMPS, EDITORIAL: Miami Herald, January 13, 2006 NORTH CAROLINA - Charter school headmaster accused of beating 1st-grader, WCNC-TV (Channel 6), January 12, 2006 S TENNESSEE - Red Bank Businessman Classified as Sex Offender for Spanking Employees, By Anne Thompson, WTVC NEWS Channel 9 , Chattanooga, January 12, 2006 L FLORIDA - Teen dies 3 hours after being admitted to Military-style lockup. Lawmaker demands shutdown, By Carol Marbin Miller and Mary Ellen Klas, Miami Herald, January 11, 2006 L FLORIDA - NEWS RELEASE -- Florida Department of Law Enforcement Investigates the Death of Martin Lee Anderson, Guy M. Tunnell, Commissioner, January 10, 2006 NEPAL - Anti-corporal punishment training to be started, The Rising Nepal, December 30, 2005 L 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 R CALIFORNIA - Spankers' reference to Proverbs is a ruse, Letter to the San Bernardino County Sun By The Rev. Thomas E. Sagendorf , December 19, 2005 R 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 TEXAS - Deputy Charged With Injury To A Child, KFOXTV.com, December 15, 2005 TENNESSEE - School board hears Tom Johnson's opposition to paddling, By Thomas Munro, The Daily Herald, December 9, 2005 NORWAY - Supreme Court upholds spanking ban, Aftenposten, December 9, 2005 L TEXAS - Boy, 12, suffocated during restraint at Star Ranch, By Zeke MacCormack, Express-News, December 8, 2005 OHIO - Couple kept 11 adopted children in cages, By Joe Milicia , Netscape News, December 7, 2005 ARKANSAS - Shame on those who use shame to discipline, hurt, By Peggy Treiber, Morning News, December 4, 2005 PENNSYLVANIA - New Regulations Bar Spanking In Schools, By AP, KDKA, December 4, 2005 FLORIDA - Mother, son found dead in apparent murder-suicide, By The Associated Press, Ocala Star-Banner, December 1, 2005 MISSOURI - Missouri among leaders in swats -- School paddlings fewer, not gone, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, November 30, 2005 Discipline is a constant, but spanking is never OK, By Jan Faull, Special to The Seattle Times, November 12, 2005 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 S KENTUCKY - Restaurant Shift Turns Into Nightmare, ABC News, November 10, 2005 NEVADA - Cut their thumbs off and teach 'em a lesson, Associated Press, November 3, 2005 WISCONSIN - Spanking, dragging leads to abuse charge, Janesville Gazette, November 3, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Spanking ban lifted; Principals get briefed on policy, By Mark Locklear, The Robesonian, October 27, 2005 L UNITED STATES - Congress urged to help regulate boarding schools; Critic: The president of an association linked to three Utah facilities says hasty regulation would stop 'all the progress', By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune, October 19, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Robeson County announces moratorium on corporal punishment, By Associoated Press, The Fayetteville Observer, October 14, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Paddled Student's Mother Wants Corporal Punishment In Schools Banned, Reporter: Jason Stoogenke, WRAL.COM, October 11, 2005 FLORIDA - Youth Football Coach Accused Of Having 'Hit List' -- Games Canceled As City Investigates, WKMG-TV, October 8, 2005 L MISSOURI - Defendant John Bundy allegedly ‘threatened and harassed’ them; Parents in Thayer lawsuit seek protective order, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, October 7, 2005 L MISSOURI - Prosecutor: Boot camp won't face charges, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, October 2, 2005 L TENNESSEE - Conflicting Accounts Surround Death Of Teen At Facility, By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express, September 28, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - DA won't pursue charges in Robeson punishment case, By Associated Press, The Dispatch, September 26, 2005 PAKISTAN - Chief Secretary orders schools to cease corporal punishment -- Schools’ notice boards to display government’s messagE , Staff Report, Daily Times September 20, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: An open letter to the Union County School Board, From John Erker, in the Enquirer Journal, Monroe, NC, September 18, 2005 AUSTRALIA (Vic.) - Strap to be banned in all Victorian schools, By Chee Chee Leung and David Rood The Age, September 16, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Man used stockwhip on boys who ran over his dog, Northern Advocate (WHANGAREI), September 16, 2005 MICHIGAN - Man pleads guilty to spanking teens, By Michael P. McConnell, Daily Tribune, September 14, 2005 UNITED STATES - Spank you very much, NoSpank, By Jason Roberts, Editor in Chief, The Daily O'Collegian, September 13, 2005 L PENNSYLVANIA - Troubled teen turns life around, By Sandi Lynn Brown, Staff Writer, Lebanon Daily News, September 13, 2005 OHIO - Eleven Children Found in Cages in Ohio Home, By AP, San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, 2005 SAUDI ARABIA - Should children watch beheadings? The Saudi Gazette, September 12, 2005 TAIWAN - Presidential Call for End of Capital and Corporal Punishment, Taipei Times, September 8, 2005 TEXAS - Parents of student who was paddled file suit against Groveton ISD, The Lufkin Daily News, September 8, 2005 NEPAL - New package to curb corporal punishment, The Kathmandu Post, September 7, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Smacking children becomes NZ election issue, By David Barber, IOL (www.iol.co.za), September 8, 2005 WASHINGTON - Man arrested in spanking of kids; Two children are removed from their home after bruises are discovered, By Diana Hefley, The Daily Herald, September 2, 2005 TENNESSEE - Sparing the rod, EDITORIAL Commercial Appeal, September 1, 2005 L UTAH - WWASPS affiliated school issued substandard diplomas, negotiates settlement, By Kirsten Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 28, 2005 AUSTRALIA - Psychologists demand smacking ban, By Margaret Wenham, Courier-Mail, August 25, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Christian school unrepentant over smacking pamphlet, www.stuff.com.nz, August 25, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Principal defends smacking pamphlet, Source: RNZ/One News, August 24, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - School sends home how-to-smack pamphlets, By Alexandra Bremner, www.stuff.com.nz, August 24, 2005 ILLINOIS - Spanking suit settled for $94,000; Middle schoolers claim Harvey cops paddled them, By Chris Hack, Daily Southtown, August 24, 2005 ALABAMA - YOUR VIEWS: End to school paddling long overdue, Letters to the Birmingham Post By Glenn Davis, Nadine Block and Dr. Robert E. Fathman, August 24, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Smacking would be assault, say police, By Ainsley Thomson, The New Zealand Herald, August 22, 2005 ILLINOIS - Foster parents are convicted; Beating of disabled teen in their Lombard home caught on video, By Art Barnum, Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2005 S WASHINGTON - Ex Teacher Guilty of Spanking Boys, By Venice Buhain, Longview Daily News, Aug 19, 2005 L US - New York Times Underplays Boot Camp Abuse, Lack of Success; Story examines "promising business opportunity", By Maia Szalavitz, SOURCE: www.stats.org, August 17, 2005 L US - A Business Built on the Troubles of Teenagers, By Louise Story, New York Times, August 17, 2005 PENNSYLVANIA - Policy could let school officials discipline students at home, By Associated Press, prisonplanet.com, August 17, 2005 BANGLADESH - ‘Child MPs’ seek end to beatings at schools, By Mizan Rahman, Gulf Times, August 9, 2005 L CALIFORNIA - Head of Youth Prison Will Be Removed -- Probe concludes that Steve Kruse used unreasonable force against a ward at the Stockton facility, and then failed to report it, By Don Thompson, Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2005 L R NORTH CAROLINA - Abounding Grace School's owners to answer charges; Punishment turned into abuse, boys say, By Jessica Guenzel, Winston-Salem Journal, July 31, 2005 UNITED STATES - Targeting obesity at its roots: Adverse childhood experience, By Jane Ellen Stevens, Sacramento Bee, July 31, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Controversial 'anti-beating bill' negotiates first hurdle, By Ainsley Thomson, New Zealand Herald, July 28, 2005 HAWAII - The abuse of this child truly is the stuff of nightmares, By Debra Barayuga, Honolulu Star-Bulliten, July 27, 2005 MISSOURI - Ex-boyfriend found guilty in spanking of 2 toddlers; He said that he had busted their butts with a paddle, Jeff Lehr, The Joplin Globe, July 26, 2005 L GEORGIA - Camp Counselors Charged in Teen's Death, Earthlink.net, July 19, 2005 L GEORGIA - Camp death leads to murder charges Boy died after being restrained by counselors, By Craig Schneider, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 19, 2005 L NEW ZEALAND - Youth boot camps old and flawed says Goff, www.stuff.co.nz, July 19, 2005 PENNSYLVANIA - Boy says coach paid him $25 to injure player , By Chuck Brittain, Tribune-Review, July 16, 2005 NEW ZEALAND - Two Waikato parents have been sentenced to 18 months' jail for cruelty to a child, New Zealand Herald, July 14, 2005 ARKANSAS - Man arrested on battery charge over spanking of child, By Trish Hollenbeck, Northwest Arkansas Times, July 13, 2005 BANGLADESH - Let death not stalk the classrooms in school, By Syed Fattahul Alim, Financial Express , July 7, 2005 S NEW YORK - Community stunned as HS coach charged with spanking players, By Lindsay Faber, Staff Writer, Newsday, July 7, 2005 U.S. - Resolution Opposing Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools, National Organization for Women (NOW), Adopted on July 2, 2005 S PENNSYLVANIA - Morrisville man pleads guilty to child-porn charges, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 28, 2005 CALIFORNIA - Close troubled Stockton youth facility, lawmakers urge By Don Thompson, Associated Press Writer, SFGate.com, June 20, 2005 TEXAS - Is spanking an appropriate -- or effective -- way to punish kids?, By Allie Rasmus, NEWS 8 Austin, June 15, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Letter to Masschusetts State Legislators re: H.B 1787, By Jordan Riak, June 11, 2005 MISSISSIPPI - City school board to meet today, By Becky Wilkes, Starkville Daily News, June 9, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Spanking your kid may soon be illegal, By Emelie Rutherford, Daily News, June 8, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Spanking Illegal In Massachusetts? Proposed Bill Would Outlaw Corporal Punishment For Children, WCBV, June 8, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Plymouth father cleared of spanking son with belt; Man says he, son have learned lesson, Patriot Ledger, June 8, 2005 FLORIDA - Duval School Board vote nixes paddling, CBS 47, June 8, 2005 IRELAND - ISPCC supports ban on slapping children, Irish Examiner, June 8, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Testimony of Susan Lawrence in support of HB 1787 & text of bill, Massachusetts State Legislature, June 7, 2005 R SOUTH AFRICA - Teacher fired; I'll hit kids, by God I will, By Karyn Maughan, Cape Argus, June 7, 2005 R UNITED KINGDOM - Child Abuse Exorcism Unveiled among Evangelical African Churches in UK, Christian Today, June 6, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - No spanking allowed (in Brookline), By Monica Deady, Brookline Tab, June 2, 2005 L FLORIDA - FORT LAUDERDALE `BOOT CAMP' -- Slew of calls drew police to school, By Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, June 3, 2005 L FLORIDA - Abuse allegations investigated at Lauderdale boarding school for girls, By Bill Hirschman, Sun-Sentinal, June 2, 2005 L FLORIDA - FORT LAUDERDALE `BOOT CAMP' - Loophole let school avoid regulation, By Carol Mabin Miller, Miami Herald, June 2, 2005 L FLORIDA - Army-style girls' school shuts doors, By Carol Marbin Miller , Miami Herald, June 1, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Town vote takes aim at spanking -- Brookline policy frowns on practice, By David Abel, Boston Globe, May 27, 2005 MISSOURI - Penalty leads to rockslide of protest, By Donald Bradley, The Kansas City Star, May 25, 2005 US - The lords of discipline, By Ellen Goodman, Post-Gazette, May 18, 2005 OHIO - Councilman Sam Malone charged with beating son; Ordered not to contact boy, 14, struck with belt, By Dan Horn, The Enquirer, May 15, 2005 GEORGIA - Counselors Fired After Death at Ga. Camp, By Harry R. Weber, apnews.excite.com, May 13, 2005 GEORGIA - Lanier County BOE adopts corporal punishment policy, By Jessica Pope, The Valdosta Times, May 12, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - To spank or not to spank, By Stanley Spiegel, Brookline Tab, May 12, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - DSS clears father of abuse; Assault charge still pending over use of belt to spank son, By Stephanie Neil, Boston Globe, May 12, 2005 L GEORGIA - Boy's pleas for aid denied; Inhaler withheld, restrained teen died, By Craig Schneider, Jill Young Miller - Staff, Atlanta Constitution-Journal, May 7, 2005 L GEORGIA - State probes boy's death; Camp's risky punishment cited, By Jill Young Miller, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 6, 2005 L PENNSYLVANIA - Lawsuit: Youth claims camp couselors broke his arms, By Barbara White Stack, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 3, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - `I did it out of love': Felony charge for father who spanked son with belt, By Casey Ross and Franci Richardson, Boston Herald, May 1, 2005 L UTAH - Private school doesn't like state's 'therapeutic' label , By Kirsten Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 29, 2005 HAWAII - Charter school chief gets jail for beating son, By Dan Martin, Star Bulletin, April 27, 2005> OHIO - County School District Reinstates Corporal Punishment, Sees Positive Results, By Jim Brown, AgapePress.org, April 25, 2005 UNITED STATES - Should schools spank? Policies, attitudes vary widely over use of corporal punishment., By Mandi Steele, Globe Staff Writer, Joplin Globe, April 23, 2005 L UTAH - Mother Files Lawsuit, Claims Boarding School Abused Son, By Associated Press, KSL TV, April 22, 2005 L UTAH - Mother sues treatment center, claims son was beaten, abused , By Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 22, 2005 TEXAS - Dickinson, TX parents arrested, father accused of paddling stepson, From 11 News Staff Reports KHOU-TV, April 22, 2005 L UNITED STATES - GEORGE MILLER: End Institutional Abuse Against Children Act, April 20, 2005 PAKISTAN - Durrani decides to ban corporal punishment in NWFP schools, Daily Times, April 20, 2005 L MISSOURI - Suitor loses Kemper bid -- Boonville council rejects offer, By John Sullivan, Columbia Daily Tribune, April 19, 2005 TEXAS - Pro-paddling bill sails through House; Under plan, prosecutors must show spanking is more than discipline, By Karen Brooks, Dallas Morning News, April 18, 2005 L MISSISSIPPI - Mom pulls twins from Eagle Point after riot, By Mollie Reeves, The Mississippi Press, April 16, 2005 L NEW YORK - Ivy Ridge accreditation suspended in state probe, By Chris Garifo, Times Albany Correspondent, Watertime Daily Times, April 15, 2005 FLORIDA - Paddling Isn't Funny, Letter to the Sun-Sentinel from Jordan Riak, April 13, 2005 ARKANSAS - Man in spanking case gets suspended sentence , Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, April 5, 2005 ARKANSAS - Corporal Punishment Ineffective, Administrators Say -- Most Districts Allow Paddling But Don't Use It, By Matt McGowan, The Morning News, April 2, 2005 TEXAS - Dallas School District: Paddling out, uniforms in, By Toya Lynn Stewart, Dallas Morning News, March 31, 2005 GENEVA - Ramadan calls for a moratorium on corporal punishment, The Muslim News, March 30, 2005 Members of the pro-corporal punishment scientific community -- all four of them -- are jubilant today, Source: Ananova.com, March 29, 2005 MISSISSIPPI - One Toxic Middle School in Mississippi, Letter from a Substitute Teacher to Project NoSpank, March 22, 2005 L MISSOURI - Boonville looks to sell old academy, By Steve Rock, The Kansas City Star, March 21, 2005 PENNSYLVANIA - State school board suggests ban on corporal punishment, By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 18, 2005 US - To paddle or not to paddle? It's still not clear in US schools., By Stacy A. Teicher, The Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2005 CANADA - A Korean father's lesson on raising cane, By Petti Fong, Globe and Mail, March 12, 2005 MISSOURI - Around the Ozarks: Nixa, Missouri Board votes to to end corporal punishment, News Leader, March 12, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Union school board flunks, EDITORIAL Charlotte Observer, March 12, 2005 TEXAS - Texas Rep. Alma Allen's HB 2413, a bill to ban corporal punishment in Texas schools, March 11, 2005 CANADA - Letter to Project NoSpank from Corine Robertshaw of Repeal 43 Committee, March 11, 2005 ILLINOIS - School orders mom to spank son, or else, By Diane Rado, Chicago Tribune, March 6, 2005 Jordan Riak's letter to the Detroit News, about Nolan Finley's article, March 6, 2005 Paddles might work better in classrooms than Commandments, By Nolan Finley, Detroit News, March 6, 2005 L UTAH - Group Seeks Probe Into Boading School, By The Associated Press, KSL TV, March 6, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Board to mull corporal punishment, By John Tompkins - Monroe, Enquirer-Journal, March 6, 2005 MISSOURI - Man [beats and bruises child with belt at school] Is Accused Of Shoving Counselor At His Son's School, By Susan Weich, Post-Dispatch, March 5, 2005 SOUTH AFRICA - Principal in hot water over beating claim , By Bheko Madlala, Daily News, February 24, 2005 UK - UK: Christian Schools Lose Smacking Legal Battle , By Stephen Howard, PA, News.scottsman.com, February 24, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint's letter to Superintendent Thomas, Union County, North Carolina February 24, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Peggy Dean's letter to The Enquirer-Journal, February 22, 2005 TENNESSEE - Policy violation leaves several staffers at one Catholic school without a job, By Ursula Madden, WMCTV.com, February 21, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - EDITORIAL: Problems with paddling -- Corporal punishment is applied inconsistently, should end, The Charlotte Observer, February 21, 2005 FLORIDA - Fla. Couple Accused of Child Torture -- Couple Accused of Monstrous Acts Vs. Kids, By Mike Branom, Associated Press Writer, Yahoo News, February 20, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA --Spanking lopsided at Union schools -- Minorities were disciplined disproportionately at 3 schools , By Emily S. Achenbaum, The Charlotte Observer, February 19, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - District flouts the law -- Letter to Michael Parker, District Attorney, By Peggy Dean, February 18, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Appalled and Outraged , Letter to the editor from Gail Langton-Dunlop, MSW & Parent, The Enquirer-Journal, February 17, 2005 L R MISSISSIPPI - Bethel Shuts Down After Girls Flee, WDAM-TV, February 17, 2005 L MISSISSIPPI -Students flee Bethel school; allege abuse, HattiesburgAmerican.com, February 16, 2005 NETHERLANDS - Netherlands: Parents banned from smacking children , Expatica, February 14, 2005 R NORTH CAROLINA - Boy has a lifelong sentence, By Ruth Sheehan, The News & Observer, February 14, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Union County, North Carolina: One school paddles half of all disciplined students , By John Tompkins, The Enquirer-Journal, February 13, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Please vote to abolish corporal punishment., Lucy Drake's letter to the editor, The Enquirer-Journal, February 13, 2005 Lucy Drake is Mayor of Stallings, North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA - More disabled kids paddled in Union County, NC, By Emily S. Achenbaum, Staff Writer, The Charlotte Observer, February 12, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Those who are hit, learn to hit. Those who are listened to, learn to listen., Patricia R. Robinson's letter to the editor, The Enquirer-Journal, February 12, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Hands Off in the Schools!, Dawn Sturkey, MSW, Letter to the Editor, The Enquirer-Journal, February 11, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Stop Paddling Students, EDITORIAL, The Charlotte Observer, February 10, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Union paddling policy at odds with law, By Emily S. Acherbaum, The Observer, February 8, 2005 L CALIFORNIA - Reforming youth prisons: Rehabilitation being favored over punishment, Source: TheReporter.com, February 7, 2005 L Beware of the quick fix, Henry Lawton's remarks after reading about the teen's death at Thayer, February 8, 2005 L MISSOURI - Boot camp sued in Santa Rosa teen's death -- Suit says Missouri center failed to give prompt, competent medical care, also abused youth, By Paul Payne & Carol Benfell, The Press Democrat, February 7, 2005 Ask Amy: It's proper to intervene when a parent is harsh in public, Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Superintendent halts corporal punishment , By John Tompkins, The Enquirer-Journal, Febraury 3, 2005 TEXAS - 18-year-old student sues over paddling, Associated Press, January 30, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Corporal punishment is on its way out, Peggy Dean's letter to the editor, The Enquirer-Journal, January 29, 2005 American Rhythms | Let's not be silly as parents, By Jane Eisner, Philly.com, January 27, 2005 FLORIDA - For violent drawings, children led from school in handcuffs , USATODAY, January 26, 2005 NORTH CAROLINA - Corporal punishment is barbaric, appalling , Jane Rollins' letter to the editor, The Enquirer Journal, January 25, 2005 AUSTRALIA - Boy, 7, thrashed for not eating cheese -- "This was gratuitous violence towards the child," says judge., By AAP, Sydney Morning Herald, January 24, 2005 UK - Ban on smacking comes into force, BBC News, January 15, 2005 JAMAICA - Legislation to regulate basic schools passed, Includes $250,000 fine for beating children, By Dwight Bellanfante, The Jamaica Observer, January 13, 2005 TEXAS - Student sues charter school over paddling-related injuries, By Sonja Garza, Express-News, January 12, 2005 Sale of spanking tool points up larger issue , By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff, Boston Globe, January 10, 2005 and correspondence about "The Rod" between Dr. Teresa Whitehurst and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. L Scrutiny increases on centers for teens; Four compounds in Baja closed in as many months, By Sandra Dibble, Staff Writer Union-Tribune, January 10, 2005 INDIANA - Rev. Sagendorf tells Gary schools to move out of Dark Ages, Post-Tribune, January 8, 2005 FLORIDA - Orlando schools face lawsuits by parents alleging abuse of their of special ed children, By Dave Weber, Sentinel Staff Writer Sentinel (Orlando), January 7, 2005 MASSACHUSETTS - Goldman makes a stir, By Monica Deady, Brookline Tab, January 6, 2005 L ARIZONA - Boot camp director guilty in teen's death, By Michael Kiefer, The Arizona Republic, January 3, 2005 See materials from 2004 and earlier at http://nospank.net/news4.htm#2004