Do you think that corporal punishment should be banned from schools? and why?

Yes,because you are degrading a child,and it will have a lasting impact on the children.I also believe that only the parents have the right to punish a child.

I personally dont have a problem with it, my partner and i and both of my brothers all got the cane when we were at school for one reason or another (them more than me). None of us believe that we have any lasting problems with it and would be happy for our children to be given the cane providing it is warranted and with our consent like we were as kids. I think alot of the disrespect and problems with kids today is that they lack BASIC disipline, i dont believe that it's ok to " beat or bruise " your kids but i dont have a problem with the occasional backside paddling/slapping to keep them in line.

Hi magnet if you spare the rod you will be spoiling your child.A parent sending his or her child to school or the child itself gives an implied consent to the school authorities to subject itself to the reasonable corporal punishment given by the authorities for correction in accordance with the school discipline.A person goes to school for not only gaining knowledge of the physical world but also for the overall development of his personality.If the child behaves dissidently to the school laws and discipline there is an inherent responsibility invested with the school authorities to correct the child by giving reasonable corporal punishment.I emphasise the word reasonable.Only when this reasonableness exceeds the limit it become unreasonable and as you said it may make a lasting impact on the child which is detrimental to its emotional quotient.Kindly excuse me for my english

Yes, I am against to corporal punishment in school and we have a law here prohibiting a teacher or any school head to punish a children inside the school. And it have a lot of side effect specially in their emotional feeling.

I know that some private schools still spank children, but I was not aware of it being allowed at any other school. I do not have any children, but I thought that it was illegal for parents in the United States to spank their children. If it is illegal for thier parents to do it, why would it be okay for a teacher or principal to do it. The way I see it, the teacher or whomever can call me and tell me what my child has done. But, I do not want someone who is not related to my child by blood, putting their hands on them. If I think that my child should be punished, I or the father will do it. There are a lot of different things to consider when you are allowing someone to discipline your child. How hard are they being hit, for how long, with what, and where are you hitting them at? It is too easy to cross over into abuse and the child not realize that they are really being abused. So, to avoid all of that confusion, I would say, do not put your hands on my child for any reason at all. That way, there is no confusion.

Where we live there is no spanking in schools whatsoever so they wouldn't even call you to ask permission to do it, it just isn't done. Honestly I think the lack of effective punishment is causing a lot of problems. Most of the schools here just do an out of school suspension which is like a get out of jail free card for most of these kids. I don't want anyone spanking our children either but it seems to me that there just aren't many effective methods to correct children these days.

They should ban it, but I doubt that they will.

well friend.actually,i agreed with the punishment to children with the parents' permission and with supervising from authority to protect it from becoming a spiritual torment.in my culture,it's so common to commit limited corporal punishment to teach the children what they have done will have consequence.so i can really understand that.

I dont want other people spanking my children even if they would ask my permission, i would still not allow it. I would want to do the spanking if ever. School should find other ways of disciplining the students.

Corporal Punishment went out of style with the horse and buggy. Psychology is in! Sit your child down and Dialogue. Make a deal! Love and Compassion cannot be taught with Violence and Pain. What this world needs is Love, Sweet Love!

Nope, children tend to become ill mannered and undisciplined to their elders if they are not spanked. I have experienced both sides and have decided on my decision. In Africa children are spanked with or without parent consention but in my school here in England they are not. I hate to see when students insult of make fun of some of my teachers. They find it funny but the teachers only shout about it although I notice most of them look angry and feel like crying and only say they'll call their parents which they do not. Children should be disciplined both at home and school so says the Bible. But I cant choose for you, you have your decision to make, but children tend to rebel when they become teenagers which makes it difficult to be controlled by their parents most especially those who havent been disciplined since they were kids.

Frankly, I believe in the age old saying, spare the rod and spoil the child ! Corporal punishment is justified in certain cases. While i do not consider banning it from schools, at the same time I dont really justify using it unless it is really justified. If the school authorities spank my child with good reason there is absolutely no reason why I would object. After all if my child gets corrected and learns to become a good human being what do I have to lose ?

I come from china !In china,the corporal punishment is normal in some degreed!especially to naught children!In my elementary school,Igot the corporal punishment because of a prank!