#AMillionVoicesToEndHitting #UseYours

The website www.zerotothree.org has fantastic information and advice for parents and all the rest of the world for understanding and guiding children. The advice is all based on evidence for what helps children. Hitting them just teaches them powerful people are violent.

Robert Olcott posted:

In the mid-1970's, I knew a recent UNH grad who accepted a teaching position at a public school in Dallas, Texas. He was 'issued' a 'paddle' for disciplinary use, but he left the position just prior to the Christmas break. He explained to me that he wasn't trained, at UNH, how to 'administer' the paddle.

Ugh. The sad news is that even today 19 states allow teachers to hit children with boards. Around 160,000 students are hit every year, and that doesn't include private schools.

here is more information about that and a link to an amazing documentary on the subject.

 https://endhitting.org/home/paddling/

In the mid-1970's, I knew a recent UNH grad who accepted a teaching position at a public school in Dallas, Texas. He was 'issued' a 'paddle' for disciplinary use, but he left the position just prior to the Christmas break. He explained to me that he wasn't trained, at UNH, how to 'administer' the paddle.

Lucien Lombardo posted:

Hurray!! Wonderful news!! 

Yes, so exciting!!! 

Hurray!! Wonderful news!!