Schools Should Ban Corporal Punishment — and Teach Restorative Justice Instead

By instituting corporal punishment, school districts are exposing children to violence that causes long-term damage.

. For many parents and teachers, hitting has long been the norm. But that doesn’t make it right.

By instituting corporal punishment, school districts are exposing children — sometimes as young as 4 years old — to violence. This violence causes long-term damage to thewho are hit, and it possibly impacts young people who hear or witness their peers being hit , and the entire school community.

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