今天跟孩子聊到打P股的问题

来源: Zinfandel 于 2021-05-24 20:29:09 [档案] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读：次 (3120 bytes)

很多人都有一个误解，以为美国不能体罚孩子。其实不光父母惩罚性地打孩子P股收到法律保护，老师也可以，起码在19个州老师可以合法地体罚。不过，如果在东西海岸左派流行的地方，还是要小心一点，鄙视一下那些左棍们。南方的同学就不用害怕了

当然，下手还是要注意轻重，不能往死里打，那就是犯罪了。前段时间有新闻说，有个爹因为儿子偷吃了他的cheesecake，生气地居然把儿子打死了......

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/why-are-19-states-still-allowing-corporal-punishment-schools

In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court legitimized the use of corporal punishment in schools by deciding that the practice did not qualify as "cruel and unusual punishment." Despite the ruling in Ingraham v. Wright, corporal punishment - the use of physical force (usually paddling) on a student intended to correct misbehavior - would soon decline rapidly across the country. Between 1974 and 1994, 25 states would ban the practice, recognizing that it was an ineffective and inappropriate school discipline measure.

Since the mid-1990s, however, only five more states have joined those ranks, leaving 19 states that currently sanction the use of corporal punishment in schools.

Despite being on the books in these states, is corporal punishment more policy than practice, existing merely in a school handbook but widely ignored?

Unfortunately, quite the opposite. States that have it, use it, some more than others. During the 2011-212 school year, 163,000 schoolchildren were subject to corporal punishment.