The question is, will the media forget this incidence? Or, will the power a newspaper have contribute to bring awareness to the harmful consequences child abuse has.

Hundred years ago a child was considered and treated as a property.
What has changed since? Nothing.

Lloyd deMause has extensively recorded the cruel past of child abuse.
http://www.psychohistory.com/htm/05_history.html

I deal with adults abused s children and the effect of trauma these child abuse adults must live with.
http://www.aaacworld.org

And, the future will not look better because of scientific evidence is ignored.
Reports from Martin Teicher of Harvard University's McLean Hospital studies how childhood abuse affects the children's neurological development. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/0305/21-abuse.html

The reputation of a great America reducing and soon the US will with right be called a nation of abusers.
If we just see who has chosen not to join the worldwide call to protect their children?
Excerpt from Childs Rights Information Network: Human rights Watch

"Since its adoption in 1989 after more than 60 years of advocacy, the Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified more quickly and by more governments (all except Somalia and the US) than any other human rights instrument. Its basic premise is that children (all human beings below the age of 18) are born with fundamental freedoms and the inherent rights of all human beings.

Many governments have gone even further, enacting legislation, creating mechanisms and putting into place a range of creative measures to ensure the protection and realisation of the rights of those under the age of 18.

Nevertheless, as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said: 'The principle of 'all children, all rights' is still much too far from being a reality."

Abusers like in the Dallas school district find support by equal minded abusers like Senator Bill Hawks and so America go one creating more damaged adults.

Sincerely,
Sieglinde Alexander
Adults Abused as Children Worldwide

Original Article
Paddling policy revised by DISD
By Tawnell D. Hobbs
Dallas Morning News, August 13, 2003

District to require written request from parents for the discipline
The Dallas school district has found a way to deal with the hot-potato issue of corporal punishment: Toss it to parents.
Trustees approved a policy change Tuesday that requires parents to request in writing if they want their children to be disciplined by paddling.
The measure passed by a 7-2 vote with trustees Lew Blackburn and Ken Zornes voting no.
Mr. Zornes wanted an outright ban on the striking of children by educators. He cited a string of research to back his stance.
"I don't think it's good for the parents, to put them in that kind of position," Mr. Zornes said, wondering whether parental requests regarding paddling could be considered public documents. "I'm not sure how much their privacy will be protected."
Mr. Zornes' motion to eliminate corporal punishment failed on a 6-3 vote.
The paddling revision is part of a student discipline policy that also underwent additions Tuesday. Added to the policy is a list of discipline intervention methods to be used before corporal punishment is administered, including assigning kids community service, having parents observe their child in class and contracting with parents to restrict home privileges.
Dr. Blackburn, a supporter of corporal punishment, felt the district should have left the policy alone. He found problems with some methods of intervention, such as the contract involving parents restricting home privileges.
"How are we going to tell parents what to do at home?" he said.
But board President Hollis Brashear said the revised policy would be good for the district.
"I think from this, we're going to see an improvement in discipline in our schools," he said.
Some opponents of corporal punishment criticized the district for stopping short of a prohibition, calling the parent opt-in policy a loophole that could be abused.
"Some school administrators are going to use that loophole to pressure parents to do it," said Dr. Robert Fathman, president of the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools. "Our organization will not count Dallas as banning corporal punishment."
The school board began the discussion on paddling in June. Mr. Zornes broached the subject when the policy appeared on an agenda for revisions.
Some trustees wanted an update on injuries that students allegedly received from corporal punishment or hitting during the 2002-03 school year. Superintendent Mike Moses said of 332 cases reported, 51 cases allegedly resulted in injuries. Of those, 12 cases were substantiated, he said.
While some area school districts have banned corporal punishment, others have implemented a rule that requires parents to sign a waiver to allow it.
Dallas school administrators have tried to appease trustees on both sides of the issue. The recommendation approved Tuesday was the second presented to trustees. A recommendation in June would have allowed paddling at schools where 80 percent of parents agreed.
"This is a victory for parents," trustee Ron Price said. "Parents still have a right of choice."