Back to the Top Major Organizations Favoring the Abolition of Corporal Punishment More than 40 national organizations favor abolition of corporal punishment. The same ones kept coming back for more. It wasn't working. Hitting children did not seem to improve their behavior. It seemed in fact to be reinforcing the very behaviors I was attempting to eliminate.
Fear of pain has no place in that process.
Its outright abolition throughout the nation must occur immediately. A teacher does best armed only with knowledge. Corporal punishment is a cruel and obsolete weapon. There is nothing 'manly' about beating women. There is nothing 'adult' about hitting children.