France recently became the 52nd country in the world toban corporal punishmentin an attempt to protect its 14 million children.The country officiallypassed the Equality and Citizenship Billthis week, which explicitly bans "any cruel,degrading,or humiliating treatment,including corporal punishment."
These types of laws definitely aren't anything new–Sweden,for instance,was the firstnation to ban the use of physical punishmentback in 1979.However,not too surprisingly (considering the lack of parental ios下载beplaysupport in the country in general),the U.S.does not actually havefederal laws banning the use of corporal punishment.
That being said,the U.S.Supreme Court did rule in 1977 thatcorporal punishmentwasconstitutional(in the Ingram v.Wright case).But this left a lot to interpretation–which causes many states to have different laws.For example,parents in Delaware cannot hit their kid with a closed fist,but in Oklahoma,parents can if they use "ordinary force." Cue some bad "Star Wars" joke about the Force.
Did you realize that19 states still allow public schools to use physical forms of punishmenton students?If you think it doesn't actually happen,it does.According to data from the 2013-2014 Education Week Research Center,more than 109,000 students were subjected to physical punishment in school.If that doesn't make your skin crawl enough,a 2016 Social Policy Report reported that in 36,942 public schools, African American studentswere 51% more likely to be subjected to corporal punishment,and children with disabilities were also 50% more likely to be physically punished as well.
Subjecting kids to physical punishment has terrible and devastating effects–which may seem obvious,but apparently it's not.In a June 2016 study,the data concluded thatchildren who were spanked or paddledwere more likely to struggle with mental,health,and cognitive disorders as adults.
This is especially important for educators and parents to remember.If we want our kids to respect boundaries–and understand what consent actually is–we need to teach them that touching anyone without consent is wrong. We all get angry,yes,but anger should never become physical.By using physical touching as a way to teach a child not to do something,我们教他们什么?
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