1. If you hit someone, you commit the offence of battery.
2. Prior to the Children Act, a parent had a defence to a charge of battery if the act could be described as “reasonable corporal punishment”.
3. A parent is capable of delegating some of the rights and duties of parenthood to another.
4. Prior to the Children Act, the right of “reasonable corporal punishment” could have been so delegated.
5. It could, in particular, have been delegated to a person who was a headmaster at a state school.
But the school year soon ended, summer came, and by the next school year my punishment was old news....
More preparatory noises then perhaps the muffled sound of a harsh feminine voice delivering a lecture in a high...
If the boy was young or of small build this whack most of his bottom each time as...
4)Although never having heard of reference to CP directly as such(she seems to avoid that)she has a coded initial...
After explaining the situation, she added, “Ruth, I could drive him home tomorrow but that seems overly severe and...
Well, that’s interesting. It’s only a recent phenomenon. Up until about 1975, it was exactly the other way...
She rested the cold paddle against my upturned bottom and in a low voice reinforced her good opinion of...
The few boys that tested Ms. Presto usually went to the hall and returned with a red face. I...