each child internalizes the pain of , say, paddling differently. Psychology indicates the reaction can b depend on who does it, when and where, and a whole other host of variables. Do we know our children well enough to know who it may be safe for, and who not? American Way on another thread today indicates the difficulty when a Principal doesn’t even know the names of those he has punished.
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