1. SPANK OR NOT TO
SPANK.
By: Ángela Falcón.
LAUDE El Altillo School.

2. INDEX
 What is “to spank”?
 Spank at home.
 Spank at schools.
 Where spanking is legal and
illegal.
 Arguments against spanking.
 Arguments in favour of spanking.
 Summary.
 Questions.

3. WHAT IS “TO SPANK”?
 Form of corporal punishment .
 Involves an adult.
 Open hand or implement.
 Physical injury.
 Boys have tended to be more spanked than
girls.
 Some countries have outlawed the spanking
but many allow it.

4. SPANK AT HOME.
 The acceptability and
effectiveness of spanking
vary.
 Many scientific researchers
and child welfare
organizations oppose it.
 It does not benefit the child.
 “It's not just that children
who are more aggressive
are more likely to be
spanked."

5. SPANK AT SCHOOLS.
 Usually delivered with an
implement .
 These prohibitions have been
controversial.
 In some cultures it is referred
to as "caning" and not
"spanking".
 Cruel and unusual
punishment.
 School corporal punishment
have to be "reasonable and

6. LEGAL AND ILLEGAL.
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

7. LEGAL AND ILLEGAL.
 EUROPE
Green: Corporal
punishment prohibited
in schools and the
home.
Blue: Corporal
punishment prohibited
in schools only.
Red: Corporal
punishment not
prohibited.

8. AGAINST SPANKING.
 It is ineffective.
 It may activate criminal, anti-social,
violent, aggressive behavior later in life.
 It has been linked to many adult problems.
 It can escalate to abuse.
 It can unintentionally cause serious physical
damage.
 It trains a child to use violence.
 Spanking creates fear in the child.

9. IN FAVOR OF SPANKING.
 Spanking is NOT abuse.
 Three punishments
depending on the severity of
the crime.
 The third and final punishment
was a spanking.
 The easiest, least traumatic
and quick for her was the
spanking.
 Before, she suffered an

10. SUMMARY.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nlOTDHNN3A

11. QUESTIONS.
1. What is “to spank”?
a. A theory.
b. A form of corporal punishment.
c. A children’s play.
2. What did Catsy Jones think?
a. Spank and abuse is the same.
b. Spank is worst than abuse.
c. Abuse is worst than spank.

12. QUESTIONS.
3. Scientific researchers and child welfare
organizations are:
a. Against spanking.
b. In favor of spanking.
c. They don’t mind spanking.