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{{Short description|Flexible rod used for corporal punishment}}
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A '''switch''' is a flexible rod which is typically used for [[corporal punishment]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-15 |title=How Far Is Too Far When Using Corporal Punishment? - CBS Texas |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/how-far-is-too-far-when-using-corporal-punishment/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Switching is similar to [[birching]].

==Punitive switching==
Switches are typically made of strong and flexible wood such as [[hazel]], [[birch]], or [[hickory]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} [[Willow]] branches are also used, as well as branches from strong trees and large shrubs. Switches are often from a garden or an orchard nearby, or taken from the wild. In the Southeastern [[United States]], fresh-cut, flexible cane (''[[Arundinaria]]'') is commonly used.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} 
[[File:Adam Johann Braun Maedchenschule 1789.jpg|thumb|Switch in Adam Johann Braun's ''Maedchenschule,'' 1789]]

The '''tamarind switch''' (in Creole English ''tambran switch'') is a judicial birch-like instrument for corporal punishment made from three [[tamarind]] rods, braided and oiled, used long after independence in the [[Commonwealth Caribbean]] island states of [[Jamaica]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=11821 |title=Human Rights Abuse Concerns |access-date=February 5, 2009 |last=Parker |first=Quincy |date=March 7, 2007 |work=The Bahama Journal |location= Nassau}}</ref>{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}

In the 20th and 21st centuries the use of corporal punishment has been criticized,  in both [[North America]] and [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jan/09/schools.uk1 |title=Sparing the Rod |access-date=February 5, 2009 |date=January 9, 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Mark |last=Gould}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Caning]]
*[[Birching]]
*[[Corporal punishment in the home]]
*[[Judicial corporal punishment]]
*[[School corporal punishment]]
*[[Switchgrass]]
*[[Switchcane]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.corpun.com/ World Corporal Punishment Research]

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