Crafting my protest in prep for tomorrow's pocket line at Sheffield University. #NoRedundancies
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The Anerican Presbyterians are at it again.

27/ In response to the vast body of research on adoptees, "Holt has a policy prohibiting the use of corporal punishment by adoptive families" & requires parents to sign a "corporal punishment statement."

26/ Holt's discipline policies begins with acknowledgement of the experience of *loss* that all adopted children share, the "abuse or neglect" that many are victims of, & the long-term effects of this trauma. swrresources.holtinternational.org/wp-content/u...

23/ Bethany Global has a strict no-corporal-punishment policy wrt child placed through foster care / adoption. This is in keeping with their prohibiting "any behavior toward a child that could constitute or be construed as physical, verbal or emotional abuse."

20/ Here is their definition of corporal punishment:

18/ New Beginnings "establishes a prohibition on the use of corporal punishment for our adoptive parents" & requires Prospective Adoptive Parents to "sign a statement that they will not use corporal punishment as a means of discipline on their adoptive child."

15/ Barker's policy "specifically prohibits the use of corporal punishment with children who are in Agency care or who are under Agency supervision & discourages any subsequent use of corporal punishment in parenting." barkeradoptionfoundation.org/sites/defaul...

9/ As a result, Plaintiff was completely dependent on the family, and vulnerable to their predatory conduct.”

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