Canadian courts restricted legal correction of children to the open hand and excluded implements.
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Second: Section 43 does not authorize the use of implements. Only an open hand. Straps, belts, buckles, wooden spoons, rulers, switches — all implements are excluded from the authorized zone of “reasonable correction.” The common law rule that had permitted striking children with objects for centuries was narrowed to a single permitted instrument: the flat of the hand. — , The Rod and the Child, 9286