punishment at home in response to that. i understand there are some parents who see this as a legitimate form of punishment and are perfectly happy to delegate their authority and right to use disciplinary spanking to the school as a way of supporting the methods of discipline that they use at home. denise, in places where corporal punishment is outlawed, in those states it s surprising for those of us who live there to hear that in 19 states it s still legal and it s still happening in public schools. yes. this was a public elementary school. you are a mommy blogger. do you think that there are some cases, obviously there are some kids who are very disruptive, do you think there are some cases where teachers should be hitting kids? no, i don t. in fact, i think it s never right to hit a child whether it s at home, definitely not in school. these kids are looking to their teachers as role models, as people they should be looking up to, and i feel as though teachers have so many
spanking as most parents practice it do not show that there are negative effects. peter sprigg, denise shipani, thanks for the debate. i would love to hear what the viewers have to say on this. you can find me on twitter @alisyncamerota. meanwhile, one college is asking students to lock up their cell phones. plus, does your relationship with your in-laws look something like this? don t you tell me what to do. you just poked me. don t you touch me you two-bit tramp. oh. well, that type of relationship might not be your fault. maybe we can blame science. we ll explain. [ male announcer ] house rule number 33. coffee should come in one size: mug. stay grounded with the rich, bold taste
physical violence just seems like a bad message to send. peter, we talk all the time about how it s sort of irresponsible for parents to outsource so much parenting to schools, to the state government. so why outsource this kind of discipline? i don t see this as outsourcing discipline. this is allowing the school during the hours when the school has authority over your child to exercise discipline over the child. when the child is home they re under your authority and you have the power to decide the discipline. i think that ultimately the decision should be up to the parents, but because there was a form sent home allowing the parents to make that choice, i don t see that the school did anything wrong here. now the again, as we said in the intro, the form did it was implied that if you do not send the form back, then you give your tacit permission, denise. i mean, again, this speaks to some parents d some things are
kids are done playing. ali. thanks. some parents of students in lees elementary school in alabama were in for a shock when some children came in with a consent form to issue corporal punishment. failure to return the form would be authorization, permission. corporal punishment is legal in 19 states. is it a fair way for schools to discipline students. here is blogger of mean moms rule, denise shipani. senior policy research center, peter. peter, would you sign a permission slip allowing teachers to issue corporal punishment to your child? i personally might not but that s because i would want the school to notify me of the disciplinary infraction. i might discipline corporal