Why Corporal Punishment Is No Longer Justifiable in Discipling Children In the "Old Days", corporal punishment was justifiable, because the children were expected to act like little grown ups. The children had to walk in straight lines down the halls, use proper table manners, et cetra, in order to avoid being beaten. Grown ups had little respect for the children, making them do slave labor at home, and display best behavior in school. When looking back, I can see why corporal punishment was allowed to be used. The year is 1991, the students are all rebels without a cause... If corporal punishment was used today, it would fai