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Parents can now opt-in to have their children potentially spanked with a paddle as a disciplinary measure in a Missouri school district.

Missouri schools are reinstituting corporal punishment against kids with a paddle. This violates the rights of the kid and it sets another precedent against bodily autonomy. The state is claiming the right to hit your kids.

  • Gork@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    From Article 19, Section 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 20, 1989:

    States Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s), legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.

    Sadly, the United States (of which Missouri is a state) has only signed, but not yet ratified, this Convention. Still, I think this warrants getting some international attention lest this becomes normalized again.