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 A Primer on the Proposed Anti-Corporal Punishment Actof 2008
 
To Spank or not to Spank:
A Primer on the ProposedAnti-Corporal Punishment Act of 2008
March 2009
A publication developed by the Philippine Legislators’ Committeeon Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD)for the Child Rights Network (CRN)with support from Plan International.2/F AVECSS Building, #90 Kamias Road. cor. K-J Street,East Kamias, Quezon City 1102, Philippines
Tel. nos.: (+632)925-1800 • (+632)436-2373
E-mail: plcpdfound@plcpd.org.phWebsite: http://www.plcpd.org.phWriter: Carlos O. TulaliExecutive Director: Ramon San Pascual, MPHEditors: Liberty L. Chee, Ernesto Almocera, Jr., Romeo C. DongetoLayout: Dodie Lucas
 
Introduction
The United Nations Committee on the Rightso the Child denes “corporal” or “physical”punishment as any punishment in which physicalorce is used and intended to cause somedegree o pain or discomort, however light.
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 Studies and surveys show that parents in the Philippinesdiscipline and punish their children through the use o corporal or physical punishment such as spanking withhand, pinching, hitting with an object, twisting the child’s ear, pullingthe hair, slapping the ace or head, connement in a sack, and;or shaking.
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Filipino children also experience threats o physicalpunishment and humiliating treatments such as being shouted atin ront o others, labeling and denigration.
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The Committee alsoconsiders as corporal punishment other non-physical but equally crueland degrading orms o punishment, which includes ”punishmentwhich belittles, humiliates, denigrates, scapegoats, threatens, scaresor ridicules the child.” Various researches show that corporal punishment is ineectivein disciplining children o all ages. Most oten, it produces anger,resentment, and low-sel-esteem among children.
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It also teachesthe child that violence is an acceptable behavior and is a solution toproblems; thus, corporal punishment perpetuates itsel as childrenimitate the actions o adults.
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Parents admit that they eel guilty andsorry about punishing their children but they are not aware o any otherway o disciplining children except or what they have learned rom theirown parents and grandparents. Parents have expressed the need oralternative positive and non-violent methods or disciplining children.
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 This primer explains the extent and impact o corporal punishment,gaps and limitations o laws and policies related to discipline andpunishment, and policy alternatives in addressing the issue o corporal punishment o Filipino children.
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