The Misleading Notion of Corporal Punishment

This world of equal opportunity and equal rights sometimes gives most of us the cold shoulder. We are the majority amongst you, and yet our needs are quietly hushed and put away. We are not a single race, culture or religious preference. Our stories are told worldwide, more today than ever before. This society promises to protect and shelter us from harm. But our hurt and pain is a pat of our daily lives that we cannot escape. Who are we? We are your abused and neglected children, who are slapped, hit by objects, pinches, and shaken. Like all human beings, and perhaps more importantly, children need to receive love and nurturance. Fulfilling their physical needs alone will not ensure or maintain quality in their live. We as adults, often forget that children are individuals with feelings and thoughts of their own. (Block)
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so many children she didn’t know what to do
She gave them broth,
Without any bread
Whipped them all soundly...