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Argument: Corporal punishment can cause serious physical damage

Issue Report: Corporal punishment of children

Support

“Child Corporal Punishment: Spanking. The anti-spanking position”. Religious tolerance: “It can unintentionally cause serious physical damage: bullet

    • Boxing on the ear can burst an eardrum.
    • Shaking can cause a concussion, whiplash, blindness, serious brain damage, or even death.
    • Spanking can injure muscles, the sciatic nerve, pelvis, coccyx (tail bone), genitals or spine.
    • Hitting a child’s hands can injure bones, blood vessels, joints and ligaments; it can induce premature osteoarthritis.
    • A child who is hit can accidentally fall and seriously injure themselves.