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Educators and Parents Worldwide are in Desperate need of training/Public Service Announcements in the Media, especially television and internet, to learn effective, non-violent discipline methods to teach children why what they did was wrong and to model appropriate behavior. Shockingly, schools in 20 states still practice physical/corporal punishment of children by hitting them with WOODEN PADDLES to deliberately inflict physical pain and suffering intended to PUNISH them. Meanwhile, this outdated and harmful practice has been made ILLEGAL in schools in 30 states, obviously not 21st Century Education's "Best Practice". Over 50 National Children's Health and Education Organizations are OPPOSED to School Corporal Punishment of children and recent research indicates physical punishment of children is bad for them, teaching them to become violent, disengage in learning and trusting adults/authority figures and lowering their IQ's. U.S. Congress is holding hearings on Abusive and DEADLY practices in schools (kids have DIED at the hands of school employees entrusted with their care and education, who are still paid by our tax dollars to be entrusted with our children, as they are legally immune from prosecution for their negligent and harmful actions resulting in DEATH of children) and must ABOLISH Corporal Punishment of ALL Children in ALL Schools nationwide immediately!