Corporal punishment has been banned in America for everyone but children.  There are still about 22 states that allow corporal punishment of some kind in disciplining kids in schools.  This practice takes place in public and private schools.  Some experts feel that this kind of punishment reinforces violence as an acceptable form of problem solving in the minds of impressionable kids who either witness or are the recipient of the paddling or other punishment.   Later in life, experts say, the child who has had or seen this kind of problem solving, will repeat the violence and negativity of this act, throughout his or her life.   I don’t think that a quick fix of spanking a child for poor behavior, and having this act adversely affect him or her throughout there life, is a reasonable solution.   Society is unfortunately, violent enough, without encouraging it by exposing our precious children to it, during their formative years.