"When the ban takes effect in January, Illinois will join New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland and New York in prohibiting paddling, spanking or hitting in every school."
"State Rep. Margaret Croke, a Chicago Democrat, was inspired to take up the issue after an updated call by the American Association of Pediatrics to end the practice, which it says can increase behavioral or mental health problems and impair cognitive development."
"I don't want a child, whether they are in private school or public school, to have a situation in which corporal punishment is being used," Croke said.
"The World Health Organization has decreed the practice a violation of children's rights to respect for physical integrity and human dignity."
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