Mom angry that male vice principal spanked child

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12. This is HIGH SCHOOL!

Even if you condone spanking, high school age is a little too old for it to be effective punishment. Some of those high school boys are probably bigger than the vice principal, even if he's armed with a wooden board. And while we're at it, if I went out and hit someone with a board, I would probably be arrested for assault and battery, if not assault with a deadly weapon. Bottom line, don't ever give anyone permission to hit your kid. As the gentlemen quoted in the article said, "It's legalized child abuse." Calling it spanking or paddling doesn't make it any less violent. My God! and we wonder why our government allows torture! If you're raised on it, I guess it doesn't seem so bad. Although there are many fine teachers in the school systems, there are also the occasional weirdos who enjoy beating children, and you have no way of knowing who will administer the "punishment." And your definition of a swat may be completely different from someone else's definition.