Mother's Eyes ดวงตาแม่: A teenage girl is mistakenly blamed for bullying another student. Her mother thus canes her as punishment. Normally, those offences were dealt with best by the class teachers. Having to hold out your hand for the ruler in front of those you tried to impress often did a fine job. This case was different, for Peter Williams was a repeat offender. And his last prank had involved him showing of his naked behind out of a classroom window.

Well, you are guessing right, Woods. And it is part of what I will do. School rules allow me a maximum of a dozen strokes, which you will receive. “Jenny Woods cheeks reddened, her eyes became large. She was showing fear now. Now, first things first. Youngest today was Tineke Smit from 6B. According to her teacher, she’d been acting up in class quite often lately, refusing to listen and generally fooling around during lessons. Her teacher felt that she was not a bad girl in general, but in need of firmer discipline. The punishments given by the headmistress were always of special interest for all the pupils at Wilhelmsen Institute. And especially so when someone from ones own year got it. Miss von Platen-Wilhelms had earned a reputation as a stern disciplinarianOur Gang short subject. The gang is sentenced to an assembly-line style spanking set to a song after they attempt to stop a wedding. I stood up and walked around her, watching her closely. ‘Yes, today she got it right’ I thought to myself as I finished my short inspection of her uniform. Another finding of this study is that parents’ beliefs about the necessity of physical punishment differed depending on the verb presented. More than five times as many parents agreed that some children need to be spanked than agreed that some children need to be hit. Consistent with previous findings, [ 43] these parents appear to compartmentalize “spanking” into what they consider to be a less harmful, more acceptable, and perhaps even useful form of violence. Objectively, spanking is hitting; the parent is striking the child. The only difference is in the word used to describe the act. This finding suggests that public education messaging to prevent corporal punishment should target the erasure of this false dichotomy. By making it evident that spanking is indeed a form of hitting, parents might perceive their actions differently and their acceptance of physical punishment should decrease. The chattering went on for a few minutes, when suddenly Kristina Larsson called from inside the study room:

As a headmistress, I know that there are things that cannot be solved by corporal punishment. Girls like Jenny Woods needed strict discipline, yes, but a good thrashing was only one part of that. And by just letting her off with another good dose of the cane, I knew, I wouldn’t get the full message across.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A familiar face: violence in the lives of children and adolescents. New York: NY UNICEF; 2017. Well, then let us get it over with. Lift up your skirt and bend over the desk. I am going to give you 8 strokes with the cane. 5 for your missing homework, and 3 for your repeated tardiness.” Perron JL, Lee CM, Laroche KJ, Ateah C, Clément M-È, Chan K. Child and parent characteristics associated with Canadian parents’ reports of spanking. Can J Commun Ment Health. 2014;33(2):31–45. S3, Ep.14: Journey into Violence. An accused man held by a sect is flogged with a whip after being recaptured. But, Woods, as much as that caning, given here and now, would quite probably teach you a few lessons, I think it would not cure the source of your current streak of misbehaviour.”