America's Behind- Let's Catch Up by Banning Corporal Punishment of Children

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# 44:

7:42 am PST, Nov 21, Timothy Kelly, Indiana

# 43:

4:11 pm PST, Nov 20, Richard Collins, California
There is no clear distinction between physical punishment and physical abuse. Attempts to distinguish them in terms of degree of force, parental intent or even extent of injury have not been successful (12). Health Canada(3) recognizes that "child physical abuse is usually connected to physical punishment or is confused with child discipline".

# 42:

8:11 am PST, Nov 20, Rosetta Fricano, Arizona

# 41:

5:58 am PST, Nov 20, Sylvie Shene, Arizona
There will be no true justice until children have the same protection against assault as adults do. - The great malady of our society, implicated in all our troubles and affecting us individually and socially, is the denial of childhood suffering. When childhood suffering is denied, it does not go away. It appears symptomatically in obsessions, addictions, illness, violence, greed, deceit and loss of meaning. Our temptation is to isolate these symptoms or try to eradicate them one by one; but the root problem is the denial of childhood suffering. www.sylvieshene.com

# 40:

7:40 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Australia

# 39:

7:26 pm PST, Nov 16, Emma Stone, Australia

# 38:

9:18 pm PST, Nov 14, Name not displayed, Australia
How can you teach a child that hurting loved ones is okay, and then expect them to grow up into a good person???

# 37:

11:46 am PST, Nov 10, Vasu Murti, California

# 36:

7:31 pm PST, Nov 8, Aaron Ahimsaka Animoshug Neejanisug Maurer, Massachusetts
People are not for hitting and children are people too. no matter how major or pitifully minor no matter what the circumstances or in any region. It is always wrong and there are ALWAYS alternatives.

# 35:

2:48 pm PST, Nov 2, Carole Hagen, Oregon

# 33:

1:43 pm PST, Nov 2, Murray Horton, California

# 32:

10:18 am PST, Nov 2, Lorraine Gore, North Carolina
I disagree with spanking a child of any kind. As adults, would you want to be spanked for a wrong doing? It actually isn't something that happens so why should it be happening to children, especially since they have feelings as we do as adults. It is very wrong and it affects children psychologically in every way. Lorraine Gore Kaplan University Student Applied Behavorial Analysis in Psychology Student since May 2008 and will graduate in 2010. Research Volunteer Psychology Club

# 31:

2:55 pm PST, Nov 1, Jennifer DePierro, California
Violence is not ok. Especially toward children.

# 30:

1:44 pm PST, Nov 1, Kerry Bennassar, California
Please help us end this cycle of violence. When we hit another adult it is assault or we hit our wife or husband it is domestic abuse but when we hit a child it is "just spanking" I am a mother of two boys and I vote. Please help us to make this change. Sincerely, Kerry Bennassar

# 29:

7:59 pm PDT, Oct 27, Chris Bailey, California
I recently came to terms with the fact that I'd been abused by both my parents by use of beating, not spanking. Let's call it what it is. Spanking is a simple swat on the butt. Beating is when your parents are afraid to be reported by the authorities if anyone at school sees the bruises on your butt from the hellish beating you've taken. As a result, it's hard for me to be close with almost anyone. I expect to be harmed. But it was even more than the physical abuse. The emotional abuse of being told I was an idiot any time I made a mistake has had a horrible impact on my life. Even when I do something spectacular, I don't want praise for it. I don't even believe in it enough to really be excited about it when telling others. I survived by forgetting. I wonder if that's what others do? It wasn't until recently when a good friend got into a convo with me about my childhood that I remembered it all. It came rushing back. All the feelings of pain and anger rushed out of me. And I suppressed it again because I decided I was writing a book on it, but not for another week. After an astute observation from someone at the bar, it came rushing back again. But this time I couldn't suppress it. I felt it all day long. Then I went home, ate a small dinner, and cried myself to sleep. Today isn't much better, but at least I'm not so fragile. But now I know what I must do. I was given this gift of writing for a reason. I need to speak for those who have been silenced. I want to speak for those who had fake outward appearances, but in reality lived in a prison of fear called family. I want to show everyone what child abuse really does. It rips apart the family. It destroys that child's future. It effects any relationship you have. But there's a happy ending to all of this darkness, and I also want to show that. I want to show that it's possible to move on from this and find happiness with the help of loving, caring friends and lovers. This is the 5th book I'm writing, and I'm terrified of writing it because of the hell I will go through in recalling everything that was done to me. But it's a book I have to write. I need to heal. And I have someone in my life that I'll be able to lean on for support instead of having to comfort and console myself as I've had to do for so many years. This is what spanking does to people. It destroys people. It ruins society as a whole. It's destructive to any future relationships. It must be stopped. And that's what I plan to do. I want to rid the world of this evil. Beating children must end.

# 28:

4:05 pm PDT, Oct 26, Michelle Bert, Michigan

# 27:

10:54 am PDT, Oct 26, Name not displayed, California

# 26:

2:51 am PDT, Oct 26, Name not displayed, Australia
It is still all about those who feel frustrated and powerless exerting the only power they have over the weaker, ie age and size.

# 25:

12:55 pm PDT, Oct 24, Jennifer McGrail, Arizona

# 24:

5:16 am PDT, Oct 24, Deanne Rosselli, Florida
Assault is assault, not matter who the victims and the perpetrators are. End the protection for people who assault children with the excuse of teaching them. Protect the innocent victims instead.

# 23:

5:27 pm PDT, Oct 23, Name not displayed, Maine
Hitting children often leads to poor emotional development and abusive personalities.

# 22:

4:29 pm PDT, Oct 23, Michele Kendzie, Virginia
Hitting people doesn't teach them what you want them to learn -- it only teaches them that stronger people can get their way with violence -- and it damages your relationship.

# 21:

12:46 am PDT, Oct 23, Paula Flowe, California
Beating children is a violation of their 14th amendment right. This is not a request for Pres. Obama to protect our children, this is a calling to him as Chief Enforcer of Law to uphold the US Constitution and extend these children their US citizen 14th amendment right. Failing to do so is a governmental crime. There is no stipulation on age or occupied environment of US citizens for this law to extend over them. Stop this criminal behavior now. Please lead integritably, Mr. President.

# 19:

5:53 pm PDT, Oct 22, Nancy Diamond, Maryland
Spanking doesn't teach right from wrong. What has the child learned? That it's ok to hit when you are angry? Redirection is the key, time outs, and allowing the child to choose to continue the bad behavior and be denied fun activities or change their behavior. I never want my child to fear me, I want them to respect me.

# 18:

1:54 pm PDT, Oct 21, Bethany Fenimore, California

# 17:

4:44 pm PDT, Oct 17, Alex Macdonald, Canada

# 16:

6:26 pm PDT, Oct 15, Schiavonne Robinson, Illinois

# 15:

10:13 pm PDT, Oct 13, Shoba Ragu, Malaysia
There's no good but only worse happens with corporal punishments. Let's stop it.

# 14:

10:50 am PDT, Oct 13, Name not displayed, South Carolina
A committment to non-violent parenting and the belief that children should never be hit is a worthy and overdue goal for all Americans. We wonder why there is so much violence among our youths...look to the parents.

# 13:

9:47 pm PDT, Oct 11, Brenda Larson, Georgia

# 12:

11:09 am PDT, Oct 11, Robert Ogle, Alabama
I find it appaling that striking a child is not only condoned but encouraged by the ignorant who lack the skills to use more effective measures of teaching children. There is no excuse. Our children deserve better and parents deserve to learn skills for behavior modification.

# 11:

2:15 am PDT, Oct 10, Steve Klein, Virginia

# 10:

6:08 pm PDT, Oct 9, Christopher Dugan, Colorado

# 9:

3:15 am PDT, Oct 9, Can Atik, Turkey

# 8:

9:22 am PDT, Oct 8, Bill C, Germany

# 7:

12:02 am PDT, Oct 8, Karin Smith, South Africa
Children in particular should be protected from all kinds of violence - which is on the increase. I thought the US led the world in human rights issues such as this.

# 6:

3:03 pm PDT, Oct 7, Kris Wirth, Idaho

# 5:

1:56 pm PDT, Oct 7, Janice Sturdy, United Kingdom

# 4:

1:48 pm PDT, Oct 7, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece

# 3:

1:44 pm PDT, Oct 7, Carol White, Massachusetts

# 2:

1:15 pm PDT, Oct 7, Jennifer Jackson, California

# 1:

12:10 pm PDT, Oct 7, Justina Lee, Canada

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