Australia should join 65 other nations that have passed laws against corporal punishment of children in all settings to advance its goal of reducing all forms of violence against children, QUT researchers say.
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Nov 28, 2023
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Corporal punishment should be prohibited nationally and supported by a public education campaign and greater access to parental supports, according to a new research paper.
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May 3, 2023
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Corporal punishment (e.g., spanking) is allowed in Canada according to Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Some Canadians are not aware of this and are surprised to learn that such a law exists, whereas others want ...
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Apr 19, 2023
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Today, if a parent smacks a child mid-tantrum in the supermarket, they are likely to get looks of disapproval from other shoppers. Smacking is not as socially acceptable as it used to be.
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Jul 26, 2022
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When I was a child I went to school in South Africa. This was the late 1970s. At school, the teachers would hit us. It was called getting the cane, the cane being a long, flexible stick. This tradition, exported from a Dickensian ...
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Nov 29, 2021
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New research examined the effect of different parenting styles during adolescence on crime among African American men. The study found that parenting styles characterized by little behavioral control placed youth at significant ...
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Jun 23, 2021
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The image of a teacher paddling or spanking a student at school may seem to belong in a history bookâas archaic a practice as the dunce cap. However, for thousands of students across America each year, the use of corporal ...
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May 21, 2021
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The number of Southern natives and the average education level in a county are the most influential factors on the odds of a U.S. public school using corporal punishment, according to new Penn State research.
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Jul 12, 2017
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Parents and nonparents alike feel better about corporal punishment when it's called 'spanking' rather than 'hitting' or 'beating,' according to a new study by researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
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Jan 4, 2017
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More than 160,000 children were disciplined using corporal punishment in public schools in the United States in the 2013-2014 school year, according to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education. School corporal ...
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Oct 5, 2016
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