tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054883.post7764856744671274171..comments2023-10-17T02:03:30.974+13:00Comments on ObservatioNZ: (Don't) Smack your kids up!Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17092996828683002246noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054883.post-49132235475827279112007-05-03T14:56:00.000+12:002007-05-03T14:56:00.000+12:00I agree with most of what you're saying.I was in h...I agree with most of what you're saying.<BR/><BR/>I was in high school when the law preventing corporal punishment in schools was passed.<BR/><BR/>Fastforward 15 years to when I was working with young people who'd been 'asked politely to leave school.' Most of them knew very well exactly what their rights were, and what teachers couldn't do. And they played it to the hilt. "You can't do anything to me so nyah."<BR/><BR/>Etc.<BR/><BR/>I don't think corporal punishment is a particularly good solution, in fact as someone who's been a victim of abuse I find hitting to be particularly offensive and disturbing, especially from the strong against the weak.<BR/><BR/>However, I'm very concerned about the slow erosion of the rights of parents and those in loco parentis, in terms of dealing with disciplinary issues. Kids are not equipped to understand the consequences of skipping detentions and misbehaving and eventually being kicked out of school or whatever, and courses like the ones I used to run (the net for those kids if you will) are getting fuller and fuller of kids who will happily skip along, using their right not to be disciplined to avoid consequences - until they land in court because it got that far.<BR/><BR/>I keep saying, I have no answers, but the whole situation bothers me a lot. I've seen it from both ends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com