Corporal Punishment: Who Wants Some?

School in America is not what it used to be.  When I was an elementary and middle school lad, bad behavior was dealt with harshly - a wooden board was introduced to your rear-end.  Fear of reprisal kept most kids with a brain in check.  The others usually came around after they tired of the shame and humiliation that came with getting the "red-ass" outside the classroom door.

Discipline issues were by and large not a problem back then, whether the school was located in the suburbs or the inner-city.  Kids knew the boundaries and stayed within the confines.  If they strayed too far, they knew a not-so-gentle reminder was on the way.

Let's face it, a good paddling hurts - that's the point of the exercise.  Couple that with the disgrace of often having the deed meted out within earshot of your classmates and it makes for an all around miserable experience.  There was nothing worse than returning to a room full of snickering kids who had just heard you getting your hiney popped outside the door.  It's among the most humbling things I ever remember experiencing as a kid, but it also left me with a stark impression - HOLY CRAP, DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN.

The Left argues that Corporal punishment is ineffective and barbaric.  Their answer?  Detention and in-school suspension.  Oh, the nightmares children must have about passing notes with buddies in detention.  The unspeakable memories of sleeping through an in-school suspension session.  It's too much, I can't go on!

Who are they kidding?  Does anyone really believe punishment of that nature serves as an effective deterrent to serious behavioral problems?  Folks, we live in serious times.  Times that call for serious solutions to serious problems.  Those are not serious solutions.  They're mamby-pamby, fantasyland crap.

Want some real world, straight talk?  How about this:  If you can't take the wood, you better be good.  The child holds all the cards.  If they behave, they're in the clear.  If they don't, accountability is on the way in the form of our largest renewable resource - lumber.

Look, the real world is full of boundaries.  Isn't it better that children learn those boundaries at an impressionable age, rather than when they are older and too jaded to care.  At that point, it is generally too late.

Spare the rod, spoil the child.  That's what HE said.  And HE was right.

Comments

[Steve J.]

Lack of discipline is one of the primary reasons our country is going to hell in a hand basket. The libs have legislated it out of existence and our kids and country are paying the price.

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[USA Conservative]

Steve,

Thanks for the kind words. I'll do my best to keep pumping out interesting, thought provoking posts. No shortage of material out there!

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USA Conservative