Question: You didn't mention corporal punishment as a deterrent to school misbehavior. Do you believe in spanking our students?
Answer: Corporal punishment is not effective at the junior and senior high school levels, and I do not recommend its application. It can be useful for elementary students, especially with amateur clowns (as opposed to hard-core professionals). I am also opposed to abolishing spanking in schools because we have systematically eliminated the tools with which teachers have traditionally backed up their word. We're down now to a precious few. Let's not go any farther in that direction.
The New The New Dare to Discipline
By Dr. James Dobson