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People Opposed to Paddling Students or POPS, Inc. Contact information: Jimmy Dunne, President 1306 W. Brooklake Dr., Houston, TX 77077
281.584.9707 jimmydunne7@comcast.net Donations appreciated. Privacy statement: All personal and credit card information will remain strickly confidential. Your name will not be shared with any other group or business. Donate now!
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People Opposed to Paddling Students or POPS is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization which is working to abolish corporal punishment in the schools and to educate parents about the negative effects of spanking at home.
See YouTube video by Jimmy Dunne on 6-4-08 on why corporal punishment should be abolished from U.S. schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thdjv5NEp08 Corporal punishment allowed in nearly half of U.S.
By Bethany Barnett, contributing writer October 5, 2006
Though banned in a majority of states, corporal punishment is still being used to whip some students into shape.
According to Staunton City Schools Superintendent Harry Lunsford,
corporal punishment is banned in 28 states but is still widely
practiced in the "Bible Belt" states of the Deep South and in parts
of the Midwest.
Jimmy Dunne, a former teacher from Houston currently works to abolish corporal punishment, which he calls "legalized child abuse." In 1981, he founded POPS — People Opposed to Paddling Students. The organization holds demonstrations outside of schools where paddling is practiced, and speaks out to superintendents and principals of these schools and districts.
During his first year as a middle school math teacher, Dunne took
part in paddling to reprimand students.
"I started thinking, why are we doing this?" he said. "A teacher down
the hall was paddling kids every week. An 11-year-old boy crying,
begging for mercy is a pitiful situation."
Though corporal punishment has been banned in Virginia, it still
takes place in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, according to the New York Times. While the practice is in decline, Dunne and his supporters are stunned that it is still legal in the first place.
"Some teachers get some sadistic pleasure paddling kids," Dunne
said. "With POPS, people tell us about specific cases and we go to
the school board."
However, some still see corporal punishment as an effective tool.
Anthony Price is a principal at a middle school in Fort Worth, Texas,
and recently reinstated the practice of paddling in his school.
"I'm a big fan," Price said in a New York Times article. "If used
properly, along with other punishments, a few pops can help turn a
school around."
Dunne disagrees. He believes that physically punishing students at
school encourages the same abuse at home. According to the POPS Web site, in Texas, child fatalities caused by abuse were up more than 10 percent and twice as many children died from abuse as from the previous decade.
While corporal punishment may not directly be the cause of such
abuse, it certainly does not demote the practice. Will Williams is a
musician in Maryland who remembers paddling and other forms of abuse taking place when he attended a Rhode Island Catholic school in the 1960s. In elementary school, en route to the bathroom, one of the nuns tripped and fell.
"She looked at me and said, `You tripped me!'" he said. "A younger
nun shook me, smacked me a few times, and took me to a wire cage where the custodian's equipment was held. She locked me in there until everyone had gone to the bathroom.
Williams recalls a classmate of his being paddled in the office at
school. "The nun accidentally left the intercom on, and everyone
could hear the kid crying," he said.
Ultimately, those against corporal punishment see it as a problem for children's future actions. In 2004, Dunne sent a letter to a
newspaper in Groveton, Texas, concerning a fifth-grade-boy who had been badly beaten by a coach.
"Adults are role models for children's behavior," he said. "When we
hit, slap or spank, children learn to hit."
Legislation sponsored by Rep. Alma Allen and Sen. Juan Hinajosa is being written to virtually abolish corporal punishment in the 2009 Texas Legislature, 29 states have banned this brutal and archaic practice. Paddling not only hurts school children it PROMOTES more child abuse in Texas homes.
More than 200 Texas children died from abuse or neglect in the past fiscal year, up 11% from the previous year and double the number from a decade earlier, according to the state Dept. of Family and Protective Services
The 2004 fatality rate, 3.3 per 100,000 Texas children is 65% higher than the national average of 1.98 per 100,000 from the federal Dept. of Health and Human services.
In fiscal 2003, Texas had 184 child fatalities related to abuse or neglect, in 1994 it was 102.
Call Jimmy Dunne at 281.584.9707 in Houston or email jimmydunne@sbcglobal.net YOU can make a difference. Join our POPS email list. Hitting children with boards is legalized child abuse. It often leaves bruises and causes psychological problems.
School paddling has been abolished in all European countries and in 29 of our states. It remains primarily in the "Bible belt" southern states.
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SPANKING: We are also working to educate parents to not spank their children. We are role models for children. When parents cuss, children learn to curse, when parents hit or spank, children learn to hit. FREE - Our No Spanking Zone posters with the Top Ten Reasons Not to Spank Your Child.
#9 Spanking teaches children to hit.
#1 Talking is better.
SEVENTEEN nations have outlawed corporal punishment (spanking) at home. They are: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine and Sweden. Congrats on taking a giant step toward a more civilized, less-violent society
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Diana Boggia: Three-step process will stop child’s aggressive behavior
By Diana Boggia GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 06, 2009 @ 06:03 PM
Have you ever heard the expression that “Nothing changes if nothing changes?” It means that if what you are doing is not working with your child, then it may be time to try a new strategy.
I once read that the definition of insanity is when we keep doing the same thing over and over but expect a different result. Are you yelling and spanking to stop your child from aggressive behaviors, and yet your child continues to hit? Maybe something needs to change.
Much of my work has been with families who were referred by their preschool because the child was aggressive and at risk for being expelled -- at 2, 3 or 4 years old. The choice was simple: either learn new strategies to eliminate the hitting or biting, or find a new preschool. I recently had the opportunity to model a successful three-step intervention for a mom and dad when their 4-year-old son deeply scratched his 5-year-old sibling for no apparent reason. Asking a child “Why did you do that?” will get a response of “I don’t know” or “He was bothering me.” So … don’t ask.
Children display aggressive behaviors because they get something out of it -- usually lots of attention. We yell, spank and send them to time out, where they get up and down. An alternative three-step process works when it is done with consistency, because it focuses attention on the victim, not the aggressor.
1. Do not yell from across the room. Immediately go to the “aggressor” and firmly hold the area that they used (chin for a biter, hand for a hair puller or hitter, foot for a kicker). In a deep voice, say very slowly “You may not (bite, kick, hit).” (Not WE don’t bite, because WE didn’t bite! Keep the attention focused on the aggressor. Watch your language.)
2. Quickly go to the victim and lavish your attention. “Are you all right? Would you like ice on it? Would you like a glass of juice? I’m so sorry you’re hurt.” Stay with the victim, giving your complete attention. No eye contact or re-engaging with the aggressor.
3. When the aggressor approaches, bend down, make a connective touch and say, “when you are ready to apologize for ____, I’m here for you,” and return all attention to the victim. Telling a child “I’m here for you” gives the security of parental, unconditional love, which he needs in order to recover and re-engage with success. Ignore him until he apologizes, for however long it takes. If he tries to distract, re-engage, asks for a drink, etc., bend down and repeat, “when you apologize for ____, I’m here for you.” As soon as the child takes responsibility and apologizes to the victim for the exact behavior, accept and move on. Don’t lecture.
This incremental training can be completely effective -- when it's done consistently -- to teach young children that biting or hitting won’t be tolerated. That’s the key. We need to teach them in order for them to learn. In working with so many families, I understand and know first-hand that it can be very difficult to implement a new intervention, something that requires thought, consistency and patience; something very different from the way we’ve been doing it. But remember, nothing changes if nothing changes.”
Repository contributor Diana Boggia, M.Ed., is a parenting educator in Stark County, Ohio. Send your child-rearing questions to FamilyMatters@cantonrep.com or The Repository, c/o Family Matters, 500 Market Ave. S., Canton OH 44702. View article at http://www.enterprisenews.com/lifestyle/family/x593072529/Diana-Boggia-Three-step-process-will-stop-child-s-aggressive-behavior
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