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Most compelling of all reasons to abandon this worst of all bad habits is the fact that buttock-beating can be unintentional sexual abuse for some children. There is an abundance of educational literature, testimonies, documentation, etc. available on the subject that can easily be found by doing some quick research on the topic.

Just a handful of those raising awareness of why child buttock-beating isn't a good idea:

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Center For Effective Discipline

PsycHealth, Ltd, Behavioral Health professionals

Churches' Network For Non-Violence

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (supports Global Initiative)

Parenting In Jesus' Footsteps

Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of CHildren

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Countries where child buttock-battering is prohibited by law:

Sweden, Finland, Norway, Austria, Cyprus, Italy, Denmark, Latvia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Spain, Costa Rica, Republic of Moldova, and more in process.

In fact, the only UN member who did not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child was the U.S.