School corporal punishment the case of teenage boys) the clothed buttocks. "Slippering"—striking the buttocks with a rubber-soled gym shoe, or plimsoll shoe—was widely used in many schools, for example King's School, Macclesfield, a boys grammar school in Cheshire. In a few English cities, a strap was used instead of the cane. In Scotland a leather strap, the tawse, administered to the palms of the hands, was universal in state schools, but some private schools used the cane. Prior to the ban in private schools in England, the "slippering" of a student at an independent boarding school was challenged in 1993 before the European
Corporal punishment punishment of children by parents (or other adults) is outlawed in all settings in 54 nations and 3 constituent nations. States that have completely prohibited corporal punishment of children are listed below (in chronological order): For a more detailed overview of the global use and prohibition of the corporal punishment of children, see the following table. Domestic corporal punishment, i.e. the punishment of children by their parents, is often referred to colloquially as "spanking", "smacking" or "slapping." It has been outlawed in an increasing number of countries, starting with Sweden in 1966. In some other countries, corporal punishment is legal,