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Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
A study on corporal punishment of children by Marjorie Gunnoe, Ph.D. of Calvin College made headlines this week. Dr Gunnoe used data from Portraits of American Life, a new population study, to find out whether spanking is a risk factor in childhood. News reports said her research showed that children who were spanked were happier and more successful than children who were never spanked. Parents who believe in spanking and some of the media jumped on the opportunity to say that "Spare the rod, spoil the child" is confirmed.
The following information about the Gunnoe study can help you respond to news articles and to questions from the media. We hope you will share the following information with people who care about the safety and wellfare of children.
Category: General
Posted by: nblock
July 17 2009
The Center for Effective Discipline congratulates Governor Ted Strickland for making Ohio the 30th state to ban school corporal punishment. Yesterday the Governor signed HB 1, the biennial budget bill containing a ban on corporal punishment. The corporal punishment ban was proposed by the Governor.
Few Ohio schools were still using corporal punishment. In l985, 68,000 school children were hit in Ohio schools but the number of children had diminished to ll0 children in the 2007-08 school year. No credible research supports effectiveness of corporal punishment. Instead, studies show that it is harmful and ineffective.
School corporal punishment has often led to injuries of students and lawsuits against school boards. The ban on school corporal punishment puts Ohio among non-paddling states -- states with mostly higher academic rankings, higher graduation levels and less violence than paddling states. “The ban is a victory for Ohio’s families and children. We’ll have no more black and blue days for Ohio’s school children,” said Nadine Block, Executive Director of the Center for Effective Discipline. “The leadership of Governor Strickland has made this possible!”
Category: General
Posted by: nblock
SPANKOUT DAY USA TEACHES POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
In observance of the eleventh annual SpankOut Day USA April 30th, EPOCH-USA is announcing a video contest “Speak, Not Spank.” Entrants are asked to submit three minute videos on effects of physical punishment and/or alternatives to its use.
Category: General
Posted by: nblock
Center for Effective Discipline, Columbus, Ohio..................Ohio Governor Strickland put a paddling ban in the state budget bill and said that paddling is not a practice for 21st century schools. The Center for Effective Discipline has been involved in getting a paddling ban in Ohio since l984. Executive Director Nadine Block says, "Paddling is an incomprehensible injustice to school children. Hitting children isn't allowed in child care, foster care or institutions for children in Ohio and it shouldn't be allowed in schools."
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
December 19, Foes were wrong about multitudes of parents being arrested for hitting children
*Third Police review of Crimes (Substituted section 59) Amendment Act 2007*
2:57pm 19 December 2008
The latest six month review of the Crimes (Substituted section 59) Amendment Act 2007 confirms that the impact on Police activity remains minimal.
When the amendment came into effect in June 2007 Police undertook to monitor its effect for a period of two years. The current review covers the six months from 5th April 2008 to 3rd October 2008.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
September 24, 2008
Read a Slate Magazine article written by Dr. Alan E. Kazdin, President of the American Psychological Association, about why you shouldnʼt hit your kids. It has an excellent summary of the moral, legal, and scientific reasons for not hitting children. We encourage him to lead the American Psychological Association to take a position against ALL corporal punishment of children, even in homes, a position that increasing numbers of organizations and churches are taking.
See: article http://www.slate.com/id/2200450/pagenum/all/#page_start
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
September 22, 2008
Dear Senators Obama and McCain; For more than 20 years the Center for Effective Discipline has sought to end school corporal punishment. Banning corporal punishment of children is a national trend in childcare settings, including foster care, day care, and institutions. Twenty-nine states have banned corporal punishment in schools. Yet, in 21 states, school children can be hit by boards for misbehavior, a practice that has been outlawed in 106 nations. In the 2006-2007 school year, 223,190 school children in the U.S. were subjected to physical punishment, many of them multiple times. African-American students comprise 17% of all public school students in the U.S., but are 36% of those who have corporal punishment inflicted on them, more than twice the rate of white students. Here are some of the problems with corporal punishment of school children:
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
8-20-08 Human Rights Watch Report condemns paddling
The Human Rights Watch and ACLU have released a report strongly critical of paddling in U.S. Schools where a quarter of a million children are struck with boards annually. Paddling can lead to injuries of students, school alienation,and lawsuits against school districts. No credible research supports its use. See the link below for the entire report. See www.stophitting.org for more information on laws, effects and alternatives. http://hrw.org/reports/2008/us0808/
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
8-14-08 Indiana retired minister says it's a bad idea!
Now comes Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels hawking new legislation to protect school officials against lawsuits involving student "discipline." That Mitch Daniels should be trumpeting this issue is no surprise. The man has proven himself to be without a social conscience.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
June 24 2008 Record refutes fearmongering of ban opposition
FROM: CHILDRENS RIGHTS INFORMATION NETWORK NEW ZEALAND: No court cases over smacking [news] [24 June 2008] - Green New Zealand MP Sue Bradford, who pushed through the anti-smacking legislation last year, says new police data on the impact of the law should silence its critics.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
June 18, 2008
While not a complete ban as advocates had hoped, this action by the Canadian Senate looks good to U.S. advocates. Canada's Supreme Court has already ruled that corporal punishment may not be used on children under two or over twelve. Parents may not hit children between two and thirteen on the head or face and they may not hit children with disabilities. Here is the language of the bill:
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
May 31, 2008
From the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St Paul MN In the case of a boy paddled 36 times, the state Supreme Court says the practice is legal unless punishment is excessive or cruel. Note: Minnesota's laws are unclear on the issue of the parental defense of "reasonable corporal punishment". The Supreme Court ruling puts MN in line with all other states which allow the defense in child abuse cases.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
May 27 , 2008 Fifty Ohio organizations are supporting HB 406
HB 406, a bill to ban school corporal punishment in Ohio, was approved in the House Education Committee 15 to 6 on Tuesday! All eleven Democrats on the committee voted YES as did four Republicans. It has the support of many mainline state organizations - medical, pediatric, child abuse and education groups - and no opponent testimony at all, none! Nadine Block, Center For Effective Discipline Executive Director, said that a ban on school corporal punishment would make schools safer for Ohio school children and end an archaic, ineffective, and dangerous discipline practice. It would help children look back on their school experiences with fondness and not anger as many do because of paddling. It would make Ohio look like a more progressive state.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
APRIL 30, 2008 Contact: info@stophitting.org: April 30, 2008 is the l0th anniversary of SpankOut Day USA. It was initiated in l998 by End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH-USA) to bring widespread attention to need to end corporal punishment of children and to promote effective, non-violent discipline alternatives.
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
March 2, 2008 Sexual problems as adults related to having been spanked as children: Dr. Murray Straus, a University of New Hampshire domestic abuse expert says spanking children has long term affects on sex lives of adults. They are more likely to coerce partners to have sex, to have masochistic sex and to coerce partners into sex. See Associated Press:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hfFJ2o-5pwO6alsig-o7kJRf7IVQD8V4ATU00
(link no longer active)
Center for Effective Discipline www.stophitting.org
Category: General
Posted by: cedadmin
January 22, 2008, from CRINMAIL: Outdated language used to justify corporal punishment of children is set to be removed from new translations of the Christian Bible in Norway.
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