# Legal consequences of resisting corporal punishment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622 "2022-08-30T21:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/21 "2022-08-31T15:57:48Z")
> [@md-2000](#): > > One of the clergy who taught at the school mentioned his time at the reform school also run by the order. He was a boxer before he found Jesus, and he mentioned that if he caught two inmates fighting, they would take them to the gym, have them put on boxing gloves, and fight properly. The, if the wrong person won the fight, he would put on gloves too and give the winner a proper boxing lesson to reinforce the learning experience. Our junior high coach used to do that, too. But then a couple of twins with freakishly long arms always wanted to put the gloves on. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/22 "2022-08-31T21:12:27Z")
Corporal punishment in the schools became illegal in Ohio back when I was in grade school. But even a few years ago, I was interviewing at a school in rural Ohio, and in the interview, unprompted, the principal mentioned that they still use it there. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/23 "2022-08-31T22:24:55Z")
And teachers could also lie to parents. When I was in 5th grade, two 6th grade boys got in a fight on the playground, a fight I never even saw, and because one of them was from a prominent family, he couldn’t be punished, so the school called MY parents and said I was in the fight. What was their attitude about it? “You may not have done that, but you’ve probably done other things and didn’t get caught.” Yeah, I don’t visit much. I see memes all the time about how everything was so perfect when adults could “correct” (i.e. hit children, even ones that weren’t their own, possibly hard enough to leave visible injuries) youngsters. I always reply, “Do you also think men should be able to do that to their wives? Some people believe in that, too, you know.” I’ve been blocked on Facebook a few times for this! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/24 "2022-08-31T22:33:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > in the interview, unprompted, the principal mentioned that they still use it there. That’s when I’d stand up and leave. You can’t pay me to hit kids. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/25 "2022-09-01T00:02:20Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > Now a parent is more likely to support their child and may not even listen to > the evidence. Isn’t that the way it should be? If someone wants to beat my child they’re going to face some consequences that I won’t mention here. Then someone can send my kid to detention or whatever punishment that conforms with the evidence you speak of. That’s what parents should do when someone threatens to, or actually does beat their children. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/26 "2022-09-01T00:19:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Isn’t that the way it should be? > > If someone wants to beat my child they’re going to face some consequences that I won’t mention here. Then someone can send my kid to detention or whatever punishment that conforms with the evidence you speak of. That’s what parents should do when someone threatens to, or actually does beat their children. There seems to be some misunderstanding. I wasn’t talking at all about corporal punishment. I was only talking about communication between teacher and parent. Some parents will not hear a word against their child. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/27 "2022-09-01T06:49:12Z")
Sorry. I should have done that better, I used your words to frame my response, which turns out to be out of context and I apologize for doing that. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-resisting-corporal-punishment/970622/28 "2022-09-02T18:49:20Z")
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