stephenjdedalus

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United States • Age 76

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The issue of an Principal spanking a child. Would you allow it or not?

cream97 @cream97 (29087) • United States 19 Mar 09

As a parent, would you allow your child or any child that you are taking care of, be subjected to getting a paddling by their school's principal? When a child first gets admitted to school, they will have a parent to fill out a...

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stephenjdedalus As a 40 year educator who is now retired, all I can say is that I think you should not be proud of the fact that you hit children to get compliance or to develop a sense of right and wrong. Spanking does not work in any valuable sense, it merely gets...

15 Jul 09

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The issue of an Principal spanking a child. Would you allow it or not?

cream97 @cream97 (29087) • United States 19 Mar 09

As a parent, would you allow your child or any child that you are taking care of, be subjected to getting a paddling by their school's principal? When a child first gets admitted to school, they will have a parent to fill out a...

69 responses •

23 people

stephenjdedalus What is interesting about the discussion among those who might lean toward spanking or paddling is the erroneous assumption that paddling is something that works with kids who do not respond to other less hurtful or intimidating measures. That is simply not...

15 Jul 09

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