Smacking the brats.

[RW]

Unless a teacher has to physically restrain a child for safety reasons, there should be no touching in that manner.

[Anonymous]

Unless a teacher has to physically restrain a child for safety reasons, there should be no touching in that manner.

No school board in Canada allows corporal punishment anymore do they?

[Bricktop]

Smacking a child by a teacher was NEVER legal. It was considered acceptable.



But it will never be re-introduced. Imagine caning girls.

[Anonymous]

Smacking a child by a teacher was NEVER legal. It was considered acceptable.



But it will never be re-introduced. Imagine caning girls.

I remember getting the strap in primary school. That practice is long gone now.

[Bricktop]

What I've often wondered is where did those teachers get their canes?



Was their a Teacher's Emporium somewhere, where cane's were sold?



A black market for canes?



"How much is that cane, Emilio?"



"Oh, sir, that cane is $200...but it is top of the line. You can raise some lovely welts on hand or bottom with just a flick of the wrist. For you I will throw in the velvet handle...very soft...very nice..."

[Anonymous]

What I've often wondered is where did those teachers get their canes?



Was their a Teacher's Emporium somewhere, where cane's were sold?



A black market for canes?



"How much is that cane, Emilio?"



"Oh, sir, that cane is $200...but it is top of the line. You can raise some lovely welts on hand or bottom with just a flick of the wrist. For you I will throw in the velvet handle...very soft...very nice..."

It was thick black piece of leather they used in Saskatchewan. I never seen it anywhere else except in primary schools all those decades ago.

[Bricktop]

See!!! Who makes these instruments of child torture???

[Mona]

Smacking a child by a teacher was NEVER legal. It was considered acceptable.



But it will never be re-introduced. Imagine caning girls.

When I was in year 4 we had a teacher banned from punishing girls with his cane after the parents of a student had objected to him caning her about the legs. He was still allowed to hit the boys, but not long after that it was decided that only the principal could administer the cane.

[Bricktop]

Well, I would consider e-instating corporal punishment if it included girls.



That will never happen...so its a dead issue.



Only...how come you LIKE being spanked?

[Mona]

Well, I would consider e-instating corporal punishment if it included girls.



That will never happen...so its a dead issue.



Only...how come you LIKE being spanked?

I was punished as a child with a leather belt.   I quickly realised that spanking was a lesser punishment, than being grounded.   And I use other forms of punishment on my boys. Mainly because one of them has not only stamped my wooden spoon with his name, but also brought one to me when he was three and asked me to spank him rather than send him to bed. Needless to say, he was sent to bed. Without a spanking.

[Anonymous]

Smacking a child by a teacher was NEVER legal. It was considered acceptable.



But it will never be re-introduced. Imagine caning girls.

When I was in year 4 we had a teacher banned from punishing girls with his cane after the parents of a student had objected to him caning her about the legs. He was still allowed to hit the boys, but not long after that it was decided that only the principal could administer the cane.

We had paddling in primary school up to about the age of 10..



My children attend a private Christian school that still has it for very young children, but uses it sparingly.

[Renee]

When I went to Catholic school the nuns were particularly fond of whacking us with wooden rulers. Today if anyone were to lay hands on one of my kids, their lifeless body would be found in the weeds somewhere along the NJ Turnpike.



I've never had to use corporeal punishment on any of my daughters. A couple of them came close but thankfully they had enough sense not to push it.



As for when I was going up, I can only remember one time when my parents hit any of us. It was me, (surprise) I was 16 and I more than deserved it. Looking back they probably should have beat the fuck out of us.

[Anonymous]

When I went to Catholic school the nuns were particularly fond of whacking us with wooden rulers. Today if anyone were to lay hands on one of my kids, their lifeless body would be found in the weeds somewhere along the NJ Turnpike.



I've never had to use corporeal punishment on any of my daughters. A couple of them came close but thankfully they had enough sense not to push it.



As for when I was going up, I can only remember one time when my parents hit any of us. It was me, (surprise) I was 16 and I more than deserved it. Looking back they probably should have beat the fuck out of us.

Sixteen is far too old for physical discipline.

[Renee]

When I went to Catholic school the nuns were particularly fond of whacking us with wooden rulers. Today if anyone were to lay hands on one of my kids, their lifeless body would be found in the weeds somewhere along the NJ Turnpike.



I've never had to use corporeal punishment on any of my daughters. A couple of them came close but thankfully they had enough sense not to push it.



As for when I was going up, I can only remember one time when my parents hit any of us. It was me, (surprise) I was 16 and I more than deserved it. Looking back they probably should have beat the fuck out of us.

Sixteen is far too old for physical discipline.

There is a story behind it which I will not relate here but rest assured I deserved what I got. My parents were not the kind to smack their kids under any circumstance.



In fact my dad has a extreme aversion to physically punishing kids. As a child he was beaten with a belt and other diabolical shit regularly. Judging from the stories l've heard, what he and his brothers endured was full on abuse. He still has faint scares on his shoulders from being whipped with a switch. His father was an abusive alcoholic who beat his wife and kids just for the hell of it. My dad swore that if and when he had children, he would raise them without the threat of physical violence and he did. I'm the only one of the three of us that pushed him enough to get clocked.

[Anonymous]

Well, I would consider e-instating corporal punishment if it included girls.



That will never happen...so its a dead issue.



Only...how come you LIKE being spanked?

I was punished as a child with a leather belt.   I quickly realised that spanking was a lesser punishment, than being grounded.   And I use other forms of punishment on my boys. Mainly because one of them has not only stamped my wooden spoon with his name, but also brought one to me when he was three and asked me to spank him rather than send him to bed. Needless to say, he was sent to bed. Without a spanking.

My dad is old school Korean. Belts, electric cords and even golf clubs were common attitude adjustment tools in my upbringing. I'm surprised I like golf so much.