This is kind of a ‘did you know this?’, moment.
Corporal punishment has long been a big debate when it comes to people in their own homes — and even more so — in public or within an establishment. So it was rather shocking that back in 2017 a school district in Texas called Three Rivers Independent School District voted to approve paddling to punish students.
Corporal punishment, defined as paddling, spanking or other forms of physical punishment, and as of today, is legal at public schools in 19 states, mainly in the South, and is also allowed at private schools in 48 states.
One of the more unusual parts of the paddling measure at the Three Rivers is that parents have to “opt-in” for their kids to be paddled at the schools with written and verbal consent.
If you are kid, that would totally suck knowing that your parents signed you up for a paddling or two.
As you can imagine, the story ruffled quite a few feathers and, judging by the comments on a 2017 Facebook post about the story, a lot of people were not on board with this new measure.
One person commented, “Do a little research on kids who were spanked and see that they are much more likely to end up in prison than kids who were disciplined with other methods. Paddling has no place in any school or home.”
Another added, “If anyone ever touched my kid, I would beat them senseless. Nope, no way I would pay for private school.”
Crazy right?