Corporal Punishment should be banned across all states in the U.S

I was shocked and surprised to learn that in some schools in the U.S corporal punishment is actually still legal. Having had attended public schools in the United Kingdom for 13 years I have had no experience on any level with corporal punishment, and nor did my parents this law in the U.S is really interesting to me. Corporal punishment has been illegal in all public schools in the UK since 1986 and in private schools since 1998. The US and Canada seem to be the exceptions as most western countries simply prohibit it.
By definition corporal punishment is described as, “Intentional infliction of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. It may include methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, use of various objects (paddles, belts, sticks, or others), or painful body postures.”
Georgia is one of 23 states in the U.S where corporal punishment is legal. Local school districts are allowed to ban corporal punishment in schools but in districts where it is allowed it is perfectly legal for teachers to use physical consequences to mold student’s behavior even if it is with the use of an object like a wooden paddle. This to me seems absurd and I can’t understand how this type of humiliation can have any positive outcome on a child.
A study carried out by Terri Moffitt of King’s College London in the UK and the University of Wisconsin found interesting results. 85% of boys the study followed who had too little of the MAOA enzyme which controls mood and is found in two little quantities in about a third of males turned to criminal or antisocial behavior as adults as a result of physical discipline or in some cases abuse.
It seems however that many parents actually back up this type of punishment in their children’s schools which to me is also very disturbing. There is evidence that suggests that corporal punishment is more widespread and considered acceptable in the south because of the religious affiliations it has. Many parents feel that the biblical way is the only way to discipline their children even though the bible contains so much ambiguity on this subject. The biblical book of Proverbs contains five passages which refer to disciplining children with a “shebet” which translates in English to “rod”. Yet another theme that runs through the Hebrew Scriptures of the New Testament is called the “Golden Rule”, treat others as you wish to be treated yourself. It appears the Bible can’t really offer any solid guidance on how to discipline children it is all a matter of opinion and personal belief.
In conclusion I believe that corporal punishment in the school and at home is an ineffective and cruel way of disciplining children which inevitably can do more harm than good. I think it should be made illegal in the rest of the U.S and parents who use physical ways of disciplining their children should reconsider the options.