Spare the Kids

Stacey Patton

1
A Family Conversation

2
“A Love Whupping”: Reflections on the Adrian Peterson and “Baltimore Mom” Controversies

3
Extending the Master’s Lash: The Historical Roots of Whupping Children in Black Communities

4
Would Jesus Whup a Child? Black Clergy on What Sparing the Rod Really Means

5
“You Always Were a Black Queen, Mama”: How Black Boys Who Are Whupped by Their Mothers Grow Up to Mistreat Other Black Women

6
“Talk to the Wood or Go to the ’Hood”: The Campaign to End Paddling in Southern Schools

7
“I’ll Bust You in the Head Till the White Meat Shows!”: Why Black Comedians Joke About Whuppings

8
“Don’t Be a Fast Girl”: How Hitting Your Daughter Can Trigger Early Puberty

9
The Parent-to-Prison Pipeline: How Wisconsin’s First Black District Attorney Connected Hitting Children to Criminal Justice Outcomes

10
Sparing the Rod: Testimonies of Black Parents Who Stopped Hitting or Never Whupped

Acknowledgments

Reader’s Guide

Notes

About the Author