Loco parentis is a cultural thing it means teachers have the rights and responsibilities of parents. Corporal punishment maybe a generational thing. Let's examine that generational gap. In the U.K. my father and mothers generation had to put up with the blitz and a war. My father wasn't old enough to serve till 1946, which he did. My mother lost uncles, her cousins lost fathers. They were on rations and often had to work like adults as well as do schoolwork due to the war effort. My fathers tales of corporal punishment are much worse than mine. That said he was, he's retired now, a successful man. In his generation and mine youngsters did not smart mouth elders. Undermine budding self confidence you say? In the 40's youngsters had it really hard they did not have their self confidence undermined. They knew their place. Society has lost it's way. Children shoot and stab each other and adults. The reason for this, society does not explain to them if you do something bad, bad things will happen and life isn't fair. As I say rights without responsibilities. Society is so soft.
Plus, the NEA, wth? Maybe if the NEA would clean up their act and quit protecting and rewarding bad teachers with tenure, people would be more concerned.
