We the People of the United States of America see the use of Corporal Punishment upon children in family homes and public schools as a sick, barbaric act which must cease to exist. Such acts have been linked in many studies that show those who are inflicted with such punishment develop mental illnesses, and go on to be child abusers themselves.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/06/27/peds.2011...
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/spanking-chi...