I Think The Cane Should Be Bought Back Into The School System

@MartinII With "barbaric" defined as "brutal or cruel", violence against a child (and hitting them is violence) would qualify. Our 8th Amendment prohibits corporal punishments in prisons as "cruel and unusual". So if that’s been determined with adult convicts, how can it be otherwise with children ?

@MartinII the cane causes welts and bruising.....designed to cause temporary injury.Totally unacceptable.

@canusernamebemyusername Few think about the many things the bible forbids that are simply ignored. Most of them have death for punishment

@bijouxbroussard You are not one to respect other people’s opinions, are you?

@MartinII I acknowledge the difference between opinion and [b]fact[/b]. That I think it’s barbaric is my opinion. That it stopped happening in most public schools here first because parents objected is fact.

@Stubborn17 I once saw a girl getting paddled on the hall bu her teacher

@bepdhl23 probably not

@Txbob52 Other than maybe private schools, the cane was not a tradition in Canadian schools. Neither was the paddle.

@Txbob52 The schools weren't necessarily better for it. Not everyone who hits your child has his or her best interests at heart. 😒

@bijouxbroussard I totally agree and it's exactly my concern. I was a child in a similar situation once and i know what it's like having no one believe you.

@Thisthinglovesyou Back in those days a lot of kidswere angry about being hit but very few hit back. Though it did happen.

@SensibleJulie such a lack of self respect, letting someone hit you and tell you it was your fault and they did it to benefit you.

@Thisthinglovesyou I think you have to understand that this happened in a different time. Kids being hit as a punishment was the norm. It was generally accepted. You even heard kids saying they had deserved it.

@Danez I fully support candy canes.

@Danez Ban candy canes, and the terrorists win.

@SensibleJulie Yes, and has discipline improved over those years?

That depends who you ask. The teachers have certainly become more law abiding and careful about how they behave.

@sighmeupforthat Number one priority yes