Physical Punishment in Childhood: The Rights of the Child
English
By (author): Bernadette J. Saunders Chris Goddard
- Provides observations from children, professionals and several generations from within individual families
- Discusses the power of language used by parents, professionals and the media to describe physical punishment
- Reflects upon the status of children in societies that sanction their physical punishment, motivations and justifications for its use, perceptions of its effectiveness, and its impact
- Presents a combination of personal, social, legal, and language factors which provide significant new insights and suggest ways to move forward