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Children are Unbeatable!
United Kingdom-wide alliance of organizations and individuals seeking legal reform to give children the same legal protection against being hit as adults. News, opinion, children's views, membership list, and advice on positive, non-violent discipline methods.
Corporal Punishment: A Necessary Evil?
The question of whether corporate punishment should be allowed is covered by an About.com guide on private schooling.
Corporal Punishment Archives
An historical survey of juvenile corporal punishment in Great Britain.
Corporal Punishment in Schools
For many children around the world, violence was a regular part of the school experience. In some countries, school officials routinely used corporal punishment to maintain classroom discipline and to punish children for poor academic performance. Human Rights Watch workes to highlight these abuses.
Corporal Punishment of Children
Research on corporal punishment of children and critiques of anti-spanking research.
Corporal Punishment Resources
Directory of articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help for and information about corporal punishment and physical punishment of children issues.
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
Multinational initiative by children's rights advocates to end corporal punishment of children across the world. Background, supporters, legal basis, global progress and other information.
Is Corporal Punishment Degrading?
Essay against flogging, written by Robert Green Ingersoll, in reply to the Dean of St. Paul's Contribution to the North American Review for Dec., 1891.
Parenting in Jesus' Footsteps
Asserts that corporal punishment of children is wrong, and is contrary to the teachings of Jesus. Includes resources on gentle parenting and an online petition condemning corporal punishment of children.
People Opposed to Paddling Students
Advocates abolition of corporal punishment in schools and urges parents not spank their children. Includes links to related resources.
Project NoSpank - Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education
Articles, essays, cartoons, posters, and other materials about the prevalence and adverse effects of spanking, flogging, and other forms of punishment that are deemed to be abusive.
Questions about Spanking
Personal site with an online poll about spanking.
Repeal 43 Committee
Advocates repealing section 43 of Criminal Code Canada, which allows corporal punishment of children by parents and teachers. Includes information about supporters, research, law, politics, and FAQs.
Stop the Rod
Objections against the manufacture and sale of a flexible device sold for the purpose of whipping babies and children on their bare skin, along with manuals encouraging whipping infants.
Tennesseans for Nonviolent School Discipline
Member organization seeking to have corporal punishment removed from public schools. Articles about the adverse effects of paddling, and a list of state school systems that do not allow corporal punishment.
World Corporal Punishment Research
Factual documentation on official corporal punishment in schools, prisons and institutions and as a judicial penalty around the world. Many links and archived reports and even some humor.

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