Corporal punishment is banned in most day cares across America. But four states have carved out exceptions for religious day cares. In North Carolina, Alabama, Missouri and Indiana, church day cares may physically punish children
in accordance with their religious beliefs.
But when workers don’t spare the rod, children can be hurt in ways that child welfare regulators consider abuse and neglect, licensing and other records show. Here are some of the ways we found children were punished.
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/from-hot-hands-to-banana-pinches-church-day-cares-are-hurting-kids-and-getting-away-with-it/?utm_source=Reveal&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=facebook
But when workers don’t spare the rod, children can be hurt in ways that child welfare regulators consider abuse and neglect, licensing and other records show. Here are some of the ways we found children were punished.
https://www.revealnews.org/blog/from-hot-hands-to-banana-pinches-church-day-cares-are-hurting-kids-and-getting-away-with-it/?utm_source=Reveal&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=facebook