Our Position on Spanking:
Don't do it.

from...
The No Spanking Page
Links to Web and Gopher-Site text on positive, non-punitive child rearing

"Hitting a child is wrong and a child never, ever, under any circumstances except literal physical self-defense, should be hit."
                                                                        -- Murray A. Straus

• The Center for Effective Discipline , coordinating the NCACPS
  (National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools) and
  headquarters for EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children)
• "Denmark bans spanking kids" (AP)
  Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Friday, May 30, 1997
• Never Violence , by Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking)
• Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids , by Jan Hunt, M.Sc.,
  editor and author at The Natural Child Project
• Twenty Alternatives to Punishment , by Aletha Solter, Ph.D.,
  developmental psychologist, mother of two children, international
  speaker, workshop leader, consultant and author of The Aware Baby,
  and Helping Young Children Flourish.
• Why Do We Spank Our Babies, by Nancy Saltz, "A Mother
  and Daughter Page"... The Phenomenal Women of the Web Against
  Domestic Violence.
• Spanking: a shortcut to nowhere..., by Penelope Leach
• Don't Take It Out On Your Kids: A Parent's and Teacher's Guide
  to Positive Discipline, by Katharine C. Kersey
• Plain Talk about Spanking , by Jordan Riak, Executive Director
  Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education (PTAVE)
• Hitting is wrong - and children are people too : EPOCH
  (End Physical Punishment of Children)
• Swedish Parents Don't Spank , by Adrienne Ahlgren Haeuser,
  University of Minnesota, Milwaukee
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child , Proclaimed by the
  United Nations General Assembly, resolution 1386(XIV) of
  20 November 1959
• Convention on the Rights of the Child , Adopted and opened
  for signature, ratification and accession by the United Nations
  General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, with
  entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49
  STATUS: Signatories : 140. Parties: 191.
• The UnSparing Rod, by Barbara F. Meltz of the Boston Globe
• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN (SPANKING),
  by B. A. Robinson, Coordinator, Ontario Consultants On
  Religious Tolerance
• Social Change and Trends in Approval of Corporal Punishment
  by Parents from 1968 to 1994 , by Murray A. Straus and
  Anita K. Mathur, University of New Hampshire, Durham
• Physical Punishment and The Development of Aggressive and
  Violent Behavior: A Review, by Elizabeth Kandel (June, 1992),
  Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire
• 9 Things to Do Instead of Spanking , from Positive Parenting
• 10 Keys to Successful Parenting , from Positive Parenting
• Deciding to Spare the Rod , from Positive Parenting
• ...Wear the Red or Blue Socks? : National Committee
  on the Prevention of Child Abuse
• Teaching Your Child Discipline: National Committee
  on the Prevention of Child Abuse
• Do you feel like you are losing it with your children? Remember...
• Alternatives to Physical Discipline , one of the misc.kids FAQs
• Raising Children to Resist Violence: What You Can Do? : a project of
  the American Psychological Association and the American Academy
  of Pediatrics
• Corporal Punishment , by Susan Smith, Arkansas Advocates
  for Children and Families
• 1995 Survey of Pre-teens , by the National Center for Kids in Crisis
• 1993 Survey of Pre-teens , by the National Center for Kids in Crisis
• An Alternative to Spanking? , by Jordan Riak, PTAVE
• An Open Letter to President Clinton About The Civil Rights of Schoolchildren
• Study finds regional, racial patterns in sparing kids the rod
• Is Corporal Punishment Degrading? , by Robert Green Ingersoll
• Review of Zvi Strassberg's "Spanking in the Home and... Aggression..."
• Re: Hitting is Hitting , a post to alt.parenting.spanking
• Alternatives to Spanking?
• Hitting People Is Wrong... comments by Chris Dugan on a pamphlet by
  Radda Barnen of EPOCH
• Review of Dr. Murray Straus' Beating the Devil Out of Them:...
• Spanking increases the rate of street entries by children
• The Art of Discipline , by Beth DeFrancis, The Family Planet
• Discipline: A Parent's Guide : (National PTA)
• Southern Parents Spank Children More Than Northern Parents, Study Finds
• Discipline or Punishment? , a U. of Minnesota "Family Life" pamphlet
• Consequences of Physical Punishment , a "Family Life" pamphlet
• Physical Punishment Has Negative Consequences , a "Family Life" pamphlet
• Using Force in Child Discipline , a "Family Life" pamphlet
• Alternative to Physical Punishment , a "Family Life" pamphlet
• Discipline Through Nurturance , a "Family Life" pamphlet
• "Family Life" pamphlets , a Gopher Menu including 6 more pamphlets
• Teach Gentleness by Being Gentle , W. Virginia University Extension Service
• What Breeds a Bully ? W. Virginia University Extension Service
• Discipline More and Punish Less , Thomas Lee, Ph.D., Utah State U.
• Making Realistic, Acceptable Rules , Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.
• The Consequence vs. Punishment , Elaine Ashcroft, Ph.D., Utah State U.
• Discipline... Doesn't Mean Punishment , by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell
• How Can We Prevent Violent Behavior? , by Jennifer Birckmayer, Cornell
• "Parenting Class" Lesson Plan , from the AskERIC Parenting Resources