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Christianity adopted this terminology but roughly restricted it to the physical sphere: chastity became a matter of approved sexual conduct, castigation usually meaning physical punishment, either as a form of penance, as a voluntary pious exercise (see mortification of the flesh) or as educational or other coercion, while the use for other (e ...
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child remarked in 2006 that all forms of corporal punishment, along with non-physical punishment which "belittles, humiliates, denigrates, scapegoats, threatens, scares or ridicules" children were found to be "cruel and degrading" and therefore incompatible with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In ...
Patrick A. Randles (1924 – 12 July 2017) was an Irish general practitioner and campaigner against corporal punishment.In 1969, he brought international attention to physical punishment in Irish schools after finding a 9-year-old patient with an injured arm had been beaten by his teacher on the arm for the resulting poor handwriting.
The corporal works of mercy are an important subject of Christian iconography. In some representations of the Middle Ages, the seven works were allegorically juxtaposed with the seven deadly sins (avarice, anger, envy, laziness, unchastity, intemperance, pride). The pictorial representation of the works of mercy began in the 12th century.
Letters to the editor for Dec. 2, 2023: Readers share their thoughts on corporal punishment and Enid 'sore thumb.' ... Another perspective on whether paddling benefits, harms children.
Christian fundamentalism has been linked to child abuse [88] [89] [90] as well as corporal punishment, [91] [92] with a number of practitioners believing that the Bible tells them to spank their children. [93] Artists have addressed the issues of Christian fundamentalism, [94] [95] with one providing a slogan "America's Premier Child Abuse ...
Corporal punishment, which can take the form of paddling, spanking or another deliberate infliction of physical pain, is the harshest form of punishment that can be delivered in schools.
explaining his view that “Times have changed and there is no place in a modern society for the physical punishment of children." [4] Supporters of a ban across the UK include the Children's Commissioners for Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, [3] while opponents have included the Be Reasonable campaign and evangelical Christian ...