Corporal punishment should be retained as a last resort to be used when other forms of discipline have failed. It must be painful to have effect and be applied by someone of the same _s_e_x_ as the delinquent. It is not appropriate for a father to beat his daughter. Use a cane and not the hand and apply the punishment to the delinquent's buttocks and not the hands. Avoid if possible the infliction of the indignity of baring the buttocks, especially before others. Hit harder or award more strokes without completely uncovering.