The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18
AbhOrs Rod
AS Corrective Means
in Rearing Children
by REX.
written for the L n ~

NEW YORK.-"Tf he was mine
you bet would give him a good
whipping"
TN tell your father when no comes
home tonight-you just wait and soe.
Hell thrash tho life out 81 you!"
Have you got enough. or shall I
give o some more until you =
sorry2"
n the partitions that enclose MS
have ears, thcn the above sentences
have often gmotc the cardrums of
woodshed and nursery walls.
But has a whipping eve done any
one any real good2
Picture the agonized mind OF a
child who feels chastiaement to be
not only the iuflicting Of physical
pain. but also the power Of might
over what, to him. seems right.
Too many mothers and fathers.
out ot sorts themselves. and intensely
irritated at the demands or the dep
relations OF q restless and mischiev-
Gus child, resort to I'VE corporal
punishment az [ sure way OF getting
results, II only temporarily.
In France there Is a movement
now to check this hanit OF parents.
Fighting someone not your Own
size" has ever been held a dcspicable
trick.
Dr. Toulouse. well known physi-
clan Of France. will appeal 20 his
country To make Illegal this type OF
PARENTAL roprisal.
Justice Levy Opposes Whipping.
Justice Samuel u. Levy of the
children y court of New York city.
m acknowledged authority on child
psychology. has given his opinions
on the action OF the French physi-
clan and on the subject OF whipping
In general. lie says:
"Dr. Toulouse Is opposed to the
rod as a persuasive instrument TO
compel erring or Delinquent or un-
disciplined or incorrigible or ungov-
ornable children to he good or N
a toward reformation.
IL am told he In preparing an APP
peal to the chamber Of deputica of
France for a revision and repeal Of
the law which gives parents right
and authority to discipline a child
by corporal punishment.
AS you know, In this state. cor
poral punishment Is not permitted in
the public schools under express
statute.
There's ~ such statute, however,
pertaining 20 parents. q
"a parent has tho right In New
York under the decisions to inflict
corporal punishment upon MS or ntF
child, but such punishment must be
fair, reasonable, not excessive or
brutal.
III brutal, no or she must answer
to tho state AS in case of assault. and
may he fined or Imprisoned or both,
depending upon the severity of tho
offense.
ENGLAND Insists Upon "Dlrchlng -
This subject has been much dis
cusacd. and England has come to the
conclusion that corporal punishment
la not only allowable. but that It is
the only way to treat some incorri-
gtble children. Among the divers
sentences for in~corrigibility and de-
linquency Of Juveniles 'birchins.' as
II Is called, IL dOlcd out as part OF
the thcrapy toward discipllning such
dlsordcrly or unguvernable children.
PERSONALLY, I do not believe "A
'birching' eve did any real good or
made the bad boy good. I rather
believe hat those boys or girls who
have acted 30 badly that an English
magistrate finds It necessary TO SEN
tence them TO a '%birching' are not
the ones to benefit by chastiscment.
ION the contrary. those children
will thereafter 60 about with an
"anti-social grudge that will make
of them criminals in time.
Indeed. / can not conceive Of the