Missouri schools allow corporal punishment by parents.
Yes, archaic, but I assure you that it does happen. In our state, at least 123 school districts allow it to be administered to students, if it is written in their school board policy. That means these schools let parents go onto school property and administer corporal punishment to their child by physically hitting them with objects.
One morning, I learned of a parent coming to the campus where I work with a leather belt to discipline two students. The parent whipped the students, turned around and went home. When the parent left the traumatized boys, they misbehaved again. The parent was again notified and returned, only to do it once more. I inquired of the principal: Did he know? He sat glibly hunched over in his chair and answered, “Yes! I saw her come in with the leather belt.”…