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By collecting together all the voices of parents, children, and friends in the United States, the U.S. Alliance to End the Hitting of Children hopes to make the cultural and legal changes needed to free our children from paddling in schools and hitting and shaming in the home.

09/08/2026

Sometimes, preventing harm starts with having the right information at the right moment. 💙

A parent is overwhelmed. An educator is facing challenging behavior. An advocate needs trustworthy research to help others understand there is another way.

The right resource can help turn that difficult moment into one of guidance, connection, and learning—not fear or harm.

Your donation helps the U.S. Alliance share trusted research, educate families and professionals, and advocate for approaches that protect every child’s dignity.

📚 Give knowledge. Help prevent harm. Turn education into action.

❤️ Every contribution helps move this work forward.

🔗 Support our mission: endhitting.org/donate

09/04/2026

Showing up starts with feeling like you belong. 💙🎒

Attendance is about more than getting through the school doors. Students need environments where they feel safe, welcomed, connected, and ready to learn.

When schools build strong relationships and supportive environments, they create a stronger foundation for students to participate, learn, and thrive.

This Attendance Awareness Month, let's remember: supporting attendance also means understanding and addressing the barriers that can make showing up difficult.

🛡️ Build safety.
🤝 Strengthen belonging.
💙 Support every student.

💬 What makes a school feel truly welcoming to a child?

📣 Share this post with a parent, educator, or school leader who believes every student deserves to feel they belong.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education — Chronic Absenteeism | Attendance Works — Attendance Awareness Campaign

08/26/2026

One conversation may not change the whole system—but it could change what happens to one child today. 💙

Change can begin in ordinary moments: a parent sharing a healthier way to respond, an educator questioning an outdated practice, or someone having the courage to say, “There’s another way.”

That idea gets shared. Someone tries it. A difficult moment is handled with guidance instead of fear.

And suddenly, one conversation has helped create a safer response for a child.

Never underestimate the ripple effect of sharing what works. Small conversations can help build lasting change.

💬 What positive discipline advice would you share with another parent or educator? Add yours below—you might give someone the idea they need for their next difficult moment.

📣 Start the conversation. Share what works. Help change the next moment.

Source: UNICEF — Positive Discipline Guidance

08/24/2026

Children carry more than books into the classroom they carry the words we give them. 🎒💙

Before they walk through the school doors, remind them:

💙 You can ask for help.
🌱 Mistakes are part of learning.
💬 Your voice matters.
🤝 You deserve to be treated with respect.
❤️ You are loved, and you can do hard things.

These simple messages can help children enter the classroom feeling supported, capable, and ready to learn.

Send them with courage not fear.

💬 Complete this sentence: “Before school, every child should hear…”

📌 Save this for your next school morning and share it with another parent, caregiver, or educator.

Source: CDC — Helping Families Support Student Emotional Well-Being

08/21/2026

One donation can start a conversation. One conversation can help change a childhood. 💙

Your support goes beyond a single post. It helps the U.S. Alliance put trusted information into the hands of parents, educators, advocates, and communities who can turn awareness into action.

📚 Educate communities
📣 Strengthen child advocacy
💙 Share healthier discipline alternatives
🤝 Keep children’s dignity at the center

Every gift—no matter the size—helps keep these conversations moving and strengthens the movement toward childhoods free from physical punishment.

❤️ Turn your support into change. Donate today.

🔗 endhitting.org/donate

💬 What kind of change would you most like your donation to support?

08/19/2026

What if the most powerful response to difficult behavior isn’t anger—but curiosity? 💙

A student disrupts the class and expects punishment. Instead, the teacher pauses and asks: “What happened—and how can we make it right?”

The behavior is still addressed. Accountability still matters. But instead of fear or humiliation, the moment becomes an opportunity to understand, repair, and learn.

Sometimes, one calm question can change the direction of an entire moment.

💙 Pause. Ask. Listen. Teach.

💬 How could curiosity change a difficult classroom moment?

📌 Save this reminder and share it with an educator who believes discipline should teach, not hurt.

Source: CDC — Restorative Practices and School Connectedness

08/18/2026

1.2 billion children. One urgent reason to act. 🌎

Corporal punishment is not a small or isolated issue. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 1.2 billion children experience corporal punishment at home each year.

The impact can reach far beyond the moment—affecting children’s health, behavior, development, and education.

But there is another fact we cannot ignore: corporal punishment is preventable.

Parents, educators, professionals, communities, and policymakers all have a role in replacing harmful practices with approaches that teach, guide, and protect.

Research gives us the evidence. Now evidence must become action.

📣 Don’t let the research stop here. Save the facts, share this post, and help strengthen the movement for childhoods without violence.

Source: World Health Organization — Corporal Punishment of Children: The Public Health Impact

08/15/2026

Research can inform better choices—but only when people can access and understand it.

Evidence-based information must reach the parents searching for healthier discipline strategies, the educators shaping school policies, the professionals supporting families, and the policymakers responsible for protecting children.

Your donation helps the U.S. Alliance turn trusted research into practical education, public awareness, and meaningful advocacy.

📚 Help move the facts from research reports into the hands of people who can create change.

Donate today: https://endhitting.org/donate/

Who most needs access to evidence-based discipline information—parents, educators, professionals, or policymakers?

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics—Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children

08/13/2026

Young people don’t just deserve a safer future they deserve a voice in shaping it. 💙

This International Youth Day, we recognize young people as partners in creating safer families, schools, and communities. Different experiences may shape their lives, but young people share common aspirations: to feel safe, respected, heard, and valued.

Ending corporal punishment means more than protecting children from harm. It also means listening when they tell us what dignity, safety, and support look like to them.

Their experiences matter. Their ideas matter. Their voices matter.

💬 If young people could change one thing about school discipline, what do you think they would choose?

📣 Listen to youth. Respect their rights. Share their voices.

Source: United Nations / UN DESA — International Youth Day 2026, “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations.”

08/11/2026

If discipline only stops the behavior, what did the child actually learn? 💙

Discipline should do more than create obedience in the moment. It should help children develop skills they can carry with them even when no adult is watching.

It should teach responsibility, self-control, and how to repair harm.

The goal isn't to make children suffer for mistakes. It's to help them understand, learn, and make better choices next time. Guidance teaches skills that fear cannot.

Teach the lesson without hurting the learner.

💬 What matters most in discipline: teaching, connection, accountability or all three?

📌 Save this reminder and share it with a parent, caregiver, or educator.

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics — Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children

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