Harsh lesson: Parents grapple with subject of corporal punishment returning to classrooms
As students return to schools across the country, parents are grappling with an increase in the use of corporal punishment in the classroom.
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As students return to schools across the country, parents are grappling with an increase in the use of corporal punishment in the classroom.
A school district in southwestern Missouri decided to bring back spanking as a form of discipline for students — if their parents agree — despite warnings from many public health experts that the practice is detrimental to students. Classes re
A school district in southwestern Missouri decided to bring back spanking as a form of discipline for students.
Only if their parents agree to it, Cassville School District has decided to bring back students' spanking as a form of discipline.
The policy says corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.