United States: TV news report from April 2011 on a Missouri school district where the paddle (pictured) is in regular use. Set in 1964 South Carolina the protagonist Lily ( Dakota Fanning), a 14 years old girl, is regularly made to kneel on grits as punishment by her abusive father. In a dormitory in Romania, serious bare-bottom pain for a young man being initiated into a sports team. You can also view the links to 2013's items for all countries combined as a single date sequence at News Chronology 2013)

When Spankmanuk first drew the series to our attention, he told us that Jimmy Jewel's character was always threatening his daughter, and that after some time he made good his threats, put her across his knee and spanked her with a hairbrush. Just a couple of points you may be interested in. The recording I have of "The Australain Ballet" was live from the Victorian Arts Centre on 20th. June, 1989. However, the copy I have was released in 1994. Perhaps it was re-released in 2000 for your enjoyment? You can also view the links to 2010's items for all countries combined as a single date sequence at News Chronology 2010)You can also view the links to 2011's items for all countries combined as a single date sequence at News Chronology 2011) Two youths paddled by, allegedly, their father. UPDATE: It now appears that this clip is from South Africa, not the United States. Extra text added. To say the least, Sir John's detailed account of the spanking scene reveals a very, very good memory indeed, in more ways than one. Chronology spanning 60 years on a remarkable character who made headlines with his pro-CP campaigns and appears to have lived on the proceeds of supplying punishment canes to schools and institutions. With links to over 20 press items and several previously undiscovered pictures, and extracts from two of his publications.

United States: Interview with a Memphis teacher, May 2007, who says that the abolition of corporal punishment has failed. Mark (2016-07-06). "This romantic thriller based on a true story is undermined by compromises". Mature Times . Retrieved 2021-05-15.The popular girl (Jen Pringle) refuses to accept a week long detention for putting a snake in the teacher (Anne)'s desk. Anne instead punishes her with three strokes of a ruler on her hands. [9] Enter Rowena, today I am selling vintage magazines. All marked up, motor bikes, stamps, trains, special interest, action comics, D.C Comics, etc etc A formidable no nonsense women. Her standing in the community was the fuel that drove her on. At Christmas she probably had to do without, to provide a lovely Christmas for her daughter. She was the woman you went to to get something done, Tombolas, Raffles, Carol Concerts to name a few. In short, she was a very much loved and respected member of the village community. Now she had a vehicle for her pride. She had always been proud of her daughter, a bright intelligent daughter. Not many from the village had got into Grammer School in recent years. She knew that a lot of her peers in the W.I. Would be saying that very night…”I hear Karen got into Grammer school, she deserves it, her Mummy will be so proud.” Segment from a daytime TV chat show discussing a survey which found that many parents would like to see corporal punishment reintroduced in schools.

In my copy's version, Fiona Tonkin is dragged to her spanking by her skirt. Her expression of resignation to the spanking just prior to being placed over her stage Mother's knee is classic! It could be the carrying under the arm in other performances may explain why a guy in 'drag' was cast as the Mother? (Even I'd consider dressing in drag for that role, & that's really saying something!) Perhaps it would have been a bit much for an older female lead to carry the naughty little imp to her fate so a male was cast? Just spaculating.

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Graphic footage of a different Malaysian judicial caning. Full-length version of a 10-stroke caning for which we previously had only an "edited highlights" version.

United States: TV news item on school CP from February 2011: Report on demonstration by students, parents and alumni against a ban on paddling at St Augustine High in New Orleans. United States: TV news report, November 2012: The current spanking situation in Tennessee schools. Some wish to abolish CP. I do this because NO-ONE HERE EVER WINCES WHEN THEY SIT DOWN and I have to make sure I don’t either!

What do the entries in Friends Reunited tell us about corporal punishment in UK schools in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s? Includes a "Top Fifty CP Schools" feature based on the number of mentions of CP for each school.