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Last week, a Brookhollow Elementary mom reported that she was furious since her son had been spanked twice by the principal. She says the school did not have her consent to use corporal punishment on the fifth grader. In response, LISD’s Superintendent Roy Knight is not making any apologies.
By the time she spanks, it is the mom’s second misbehavior. The first is whatever she did or did not do to cause the child to “misbehave.” A 15-month-old or a 3-year-old may be curious, impatient, goading, erring, attention-seeking and cuddle-requiring.
Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this historic moment. On Wednesday, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed HB 172, a bill which will eliminate corporal punishment in public schools across the state.
Things are moving against corporal punishment of children:
Mark Ecko’s Unlimited Justice
www.unlimitedjustice.com/,
Paula Flowe’s The Hitting Stops Here!
www.thehittingstopshere.com,
Stacey Patton’s Spare The Kids
www.sparethekids.com,
Editorials in major newsprint,
Television interviews,
Bills pending in states…
This is a pivotal moment. Join me at the Summit in Dallas!
Among the many acts of violence, great and small, that we commit regularly against each other and against animals, I wonder if we’ll ever dispense with one of the most common: hitting children.