United States: TV news report from April 2008: a Texas mother is angry about the severity with which, she says, her 17-year-old son (seen in the film playing drums) was paddled at high school. Schools in Temple, Texas, report improved behavior following the reintroduction a year ago of the paddle. Secondary boys in uniform are lined up at a college in Rawalpindi to receive one stroke of the cane each. Earlier this month, the 22-year-old was medically evacuated from North Korea after it emerged he had been in a coma since the start of his 15-year sentence for stealing a propaganda poster last year. United States: TV news report (Feb 2015) about an (unsuccessful) attempt to abolish school paddling in Tennessee.

A posed reconstruction of a child being spanked is shown over a phone interview in French with a psychologist who helped devise the spanking lessons for parents. In a humorous advertisement for a chain of sports-shoe shops, a young woman tries out various different sneakers with which to punish her boyfriend across the seat of his boxers. Part of our "Spank while you sell" feature on CP imagery in advertising. T-minus two minutes and I let Joey know the same. “Two minute warning.” I called out. Pre-Spanking Part II – Joey United States: Two spanking machines. Part of our feature The Spanking Machine: A Resilient Myth in Popular Culture.

Now that smooth bottom is in for a damn good spanking ensuring a burning end and of course the right measure that was needed to deal with the light-fingered lad! An attempt is being made in Congress to outlaw school paddling nationally. Report gives a Texas perspective.

A six-minute report (Nov 2007) includes an interview with a rural principal who believes the paddle is effective, and still uses it regularly. Protracted flogging by local mullahs of a teenage girl for running away from a forced marriage, 2010.A new report notes that paddling numbers are high in Alabama. A local TV report (Aug 2009) finds differing opinions, and interviews a school superintendent who says many parents support CP. Australia: TV news report (July 2014) about a government education expert who caused controversy by saying he supported CP in schools. United States: TV news report, July 2012: A school district in Tennessee decides that parents will be assumed to consent to CP unless they state to the contrary in writing (instead of the other way round). Canada: TV news item (2007) about a local school board offering parents lessons in how to spank their children.

United States: Two TV news reports from June 2010 about an attempt to reintroduce school paddling in Memphis, Tennessee. United States: TV news report (June 2013) about a proposal to reintroduce the punishment paddle in a Texas school district that had abolished it five years previously. I walked up to him as he was working on his computer and gave him a kiss, caressed his hair and told him, “Finish up what you’re doing. You have five minutes before our trip to the woodshed. Given what a brat you’ve been, plus your arrogance and attitude, this is one that I am SO looking forward to giving.” TV crew visits a school district in North Carolina with the most paddlings in the state, but also one of the lowest levels of violent incidents. Members of a commando unit in the Malaysian army get an unofficial on-the-spot caning in front of their comrades.

Military CP

Two recruits receive a more severe and formal caning. This is a real punishment, not a token ceremony. Thank you my Queen for holding me accountable for my actions, as I am cultivated by your harsh, yet just punishments. I recognize your superiority and am grateful you are my Queen. I am very sorry for my transgressions and look forward to showing you examples of my improved attitude and behavior.” In a different part of Peru, three teen boys are tried and whipped by a village court for stealing. From a TV documentary about the Russian army. Rookie soldiers get a taste of the belt from their mates.