Today, all Brazilian children awaken to a new reality, where their rights and integrity are respected in a whole new way. This largest (huge!) of South American nations has just become the 38th nation to completely ban all corporal punishment of children; at home as well as at school. Go Brazil!
The pace of change is accelerating around the world. A global ban within our lifetimes seems inevitable now.
My heart is full of joy … this is wonderful news. My eyes are full of tears – of joy for the children of Brazil, now safe from being hit – and of pain that many more around the world are still not safe ….