| The new law will prevent registered childminders from smacking or using any form of corporal punishment against children under eight. |
| Restore corporal punishment in schools solely for serious bullying, physical assault and wanton serious damage to property. |
| Opponents of corporal punishment argue that frequent physical punishment interferes with the teaching of nonviolent modes of conflict resolution. |
| Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment and other types of physical abuse, both at home and in school. |
| I think the lack of corporal punishment is a contributory factor to this lawlessness. |
| Thus, by declining to tell parents that they cannot hit their children, the state sanctions their corporal punishment. |
