Corporal punishment of children

Corporal punishment of children refers to all forms of corporal punishment given to children or minors.

This includes:

• Spanking of children (on their buttocks)
• Face slapping (see also face)
• Striking the hand (see also hand)
• Whipping children on their back (rare)
• Caning or soles of feet (rare)

It includes:

• Domestic spanking of children (and other forms of corporal punishment in the home, typically by the child's parents)
• School corporal punishment
• Corporal punishment in religious institutions (novices)
• Judicial corporal punishment (child offenders)
• Prison corporal punishment (child offenders)

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