Reply #60: I do agree that parents should be able to opt out of corporal punishment

[UdoKier]

They could sign a paper that says their child is not to be paddled and could be suspended instead.

I don't think that schools should have a RIGHT to paddle. It should be with parents' consent. And if it were my son, I would give the consent.


You had to do something pretty bad when I was a kid to get paddled.

The first time I did, it was 2nd grade, and I had carved my name in the desk with a little pocketknife (imagine the brouhaha that would cause today!)

The second time, it was because I was fighting with some other kid in the lunch line in the cafeteria. I guess it was my fault - can't remember now.