Re: R: Child Discipline and Cultural Controversies

["Jim Christopherson" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This ties in with the British practice of "beating the bounds" where boys
were taken around the boundaries of the village and beaten at key points so
they would remember where they were. I understand it still goes on, although
now they are turned upside down instead of beaten. A good time is now had by
all.
Jim Christopherson,
University of Nottingham, UK
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy W Wilson <rwwst6+@pitt.edu>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: 18 January 1999 21:43
Subject: Re: R: Child Discipline and Cultural Controversies


>Karen,
> I am thinking of research (by
>Bessell van der Kolk and others) suggesting that "trauma" induces
>long-term changes in brain-chemistry thought to be related
>to the symptomatology of "complex" PTSD and related DSM-IV categories. If
>anyone is interested and doesn't already have them, I can track down the
>citations.
> On a less scholarly, but related note, I recently came across (but
>have since been unable to find) a story that describes how children were
>at one time used as reckoning devices. In order that ships would be able
>to "get their bearings", children were taken to/near a landmark important
>for navigation, tied to a post, and whipped in order to sear the memory of
>the landmark into their minds. As I recall, this story was intended to
>illustrate the difference between "education" and "schooling", the
>episode being an example of the former.
>
>Roy
>
>Roy Wilson, Teaching Fellow
>Social Foundations of Education
>http://www.pitt.edu/~admps/fnd-d.html (Course syllabus)
>University of Pittsburgh
>Department of Administrative and Policy Studies
>rwwst6@pitt.edu (Email address)
>
>On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Karen Wade wrote:
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>> Roy:  Can you clarify what you meant in the following sentence?
>> I'm not following the "strong discipline" and brain chemistry link.
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>> Karen Wade
>> Claremont Graduate University
>> Claremont, CA
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>> Roy W Wilson wrote:
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>> >  Would the Scots-Irish father noted at the
>> > beginning of this post have access to, take seriously, or accede to
>> > evidence concerning the potential consequences of "strong discipline"
>> > for brain chemistry?
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