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.

  • mobyduck648@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    There’s decent evidence that ‘corporal punishment’ and plain old abuse have very similar effects on the psyche of a developing child, even if there wasn’t there’s something downright unmanly about hitting someone much weaker than you that isn’t allowed to fight back.