Dr. Stacey Patton is an adoptee, child abuse survivor, and former foster youth turned award-winning author, journalist and child advocate. Her reporting on issues of child welfare, race relations, and higher education has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Al Jazeera, BBC News, TheRoot.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, ForHarriet.com, and Dame Magazine. She […]
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Writer Aliya S. King is found in a debate with her mom, Rita Moore King, over whether spanking is an acceptable form of punishment. aliya’s turn: Like many with mothers in my mom’s generation, my older brother, younger sister and I were spanked more than once. The offenses were usually one or […]
Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Malik Husser, Kim Brown and Paris Dennard) discuss the Adrian Peterson child abuse case and how far…
A Kansas state lawmaker says a bill she’s introduced that would give school teachers and caregivers expanded rights to spank children is not “intended to legalize child abuse.” Democratic state representative Gail Finney of Wichita put out a statement Tuesday after media stories about her legislation, which would expand on current Kansas law by […]
There are many bizarre things people do in the name of God, but this one just might take the cake. There is a growing movement called “Christian Domestic Discipline” which says the husband, as the head of the household, must enforce his authority by spanking his wife. Essentially, it is submission run amuck. “He has […]
Many Christians who love both God and their children choose to spank as a method of discipline, citing multiple scriptures as their foundation for doing so. A new study, however, is saying that childhood spanking may lead to mental illness, depression, alcoholism, and anxiety. The Official Journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics has published […]
