Corporal Punishment And Punishment

Every human being has been disciplined at some point of their life. The term discipline can be defined as to teach knowledge and skills; however, it is often equated to punish and control in parenthood. The different ways to discipline a child has been a hot subject since the early times of the biblical period. Many states in the United States had created laws to protect children from child abuse. In the last decade child abuse has been on a rapidly growing issue. The goal of parenting is to provide a child with the necessaries and emotional care to further their physical, emotional and social devolvement. This can be a challenging task to meet because every parent has their own discipline method to get their child fit for the real world, so they can be successful in life. The five discipline methods are time out, Logical Consequences, Natural Consequences, Withholding Privilege, and disciplinary spanking. Although many parents believe that disciplinary spanking is the best discipline method for a child, but many studies shown that it should not be practiced due to acting out of rage and can have future problems in a child adulthood.

To spank or not to spank? The topic of corporal punishment is a controversial and sensitive matter in our society. No matter what day in age we live in it will continue to be a social problem. Corporal punishment, also referred to as spanking is deliberately inflicting pain on a person due to an inappropriate behavior or act they have done. This involves hitting, pinching, using switch cords, smacking, and etcetera. Those who are in favor of corporal punishment and believes that it should not be illegal, uses scriptures from the bible as justification. Supporters of corporal punishment feels as if spanking is an effective way to manage behavior. Those who are against spanking points out the negative, psychological issues, and mental

Child discipline is an important part of parenthood. It is challenging for adults to manage children’s behaviors and find the correct lessons that will benefit their children. According to the research performed by Flynn (1998), most parents in the United States agree that "it is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking" (p.26). Socolar et al. performed research which agreed that “corporal punishment of children persists—roughly fifty percent of the parents of toddlers in the United States use corporal punishment as a regular method of disciplining their children.” (as cited in Gershoff, 2010, p.32). That is not to say that physical punishment is the solution as it can stop a behavior immediately but the results

Living in the twenty-first century you rarely ever see someone spank their child or hear the word spank come out of a parent’s mouth. I see too many parents today that are too self-righteous to “spank” their children, because many people see spanking as form of abuse. Many parents in today’s world use more reasonable punishments for their misbehaving children. Some parents put their children in time-outs, deny them of their freedom, take toys away and ground them. I have seen parents use these methods because there are more reasonable ways of punishing their child for being disobedient. However, not everybody in today’s world uses these methods for punishing children; some parents use the act of spanking for punishment. Spanking was a popular punishment back in the 1900s, but is a very debatable topic in today’s society.

Kids get extremely out of control, although some parents do not know how to control their child or children and want to know a way to teach them how to respect what their parents say. Spanking can solve this issue, some say its child abuse, but it’s just discipline since 2014 close to 81% of Americans agree with spanking, but since it has dropped, as parents decide to spoil their kids and when they're bad they take away a video game for a little while. Spanking should be accepted in every state where it is not considered child abuse, parents should accept that and should learn to discipline their kids.

Currently, 24 countries have banned the practice of spanking children; labeling it child abuse. However, in America 49 states permit physical punishment by parents (Gershoff). There are mandates that define appropriate physical punishment, but there is truly no appropriate way to hit a child. Parents often resort to spanking in an effort to control their child’s behavior. It is true that most children will immediately respond to the pain that is inflicted upon them and stop the bad behavior. However, it is proven to make children more aggressive towards others. Furthermore, it is not worth the risk of causing life altering psychological impairments. Instead parents should focus on non-violent forms of discipline, such as positive reinforcement and redirection or time-out. Spanking may give parents the immediate satisfaction of changed behavior, but it is not worth the life-time of damaging

We will find in the spanked kids a physical and verbal form of aggression against others: classmate, family members, friends etc… it is like an expression of all frustration accumulated by spanked and frustrated child. Another study published in the Akron Law Review examined criminal records and found that children raised where a legal ban on parental corporal punishment is in effect are much more likely to be involved in crime. When kids and spanked or abuse in their childhood are spanked, they develop a hatred. The immediate consequence in their adolescence is physical aggression. It is the most common in the adolescent behavior and are likely to result in physical injury. The most extreme form of violence is a homicide. Thus, fights involving weapons and fights by teenagers old enough to be able to inflict serious injuries are what see in the street every day. So finally spanked kids destroy them more than it help them to behave as parents would like to. It is why it is better to choose a different way to help kids to understand and to learn what is acceptable and what is not. In fact Dozens of countries have banned parental corporal punishment, such as Germany, Italy, and in 2007 New Zealand, which use force to correct children causes complete criminal penalties, and where the mother cannot even legally take the hand of her child to bring it where it refuses to go. And according to Krisha McCoy, discipline is a way of teaching children the restraint and values necessary to become competent and independent adults. When our child behaves negatively, the best way to teach him the positive behavior should be for example to explain what is wrong in his behavior, then explain or show with examples what is better to do. Also and the explanation of the reasons of positive behaviors regarding others, environments, society, laws, rules. And the consequences of “not doing this way” or of “doing

“Properly understood and administered, spanking is most effective as a deterrent to undesirable behavior for younger preschoolers (but never for infants)” (pingleton). Although, you think you are discipling them they can still get severely injured. “It can also result from severe discipline, such as using a belt on a child, or physical punishment that is inappropriate to the child’s age or physical condition” (Smith). Likewise parents can yell at their kids when they're angry to punish them but they may not realize they are verbally abusing kids. Many parents just get angry and don't realize what they're saying is actual verbal abuse. Although they don’t realize it at the time once they do they still tend to let it happen again. “Punishment is an act of anger and impulse. It happens when a parent takes things personally; the punishment is, in fact, retaliation for the child’s poor choice. In contrast, discipline is centered around helping the child, with the goal of correcting their choices and actions. A parent who disciplines is trying to teach their child right from wrong, helping them learn life skills” (fitter). Some students maybe only be a 4 year difference but they cannot have a relationship without a crime being committed if their partner is 18. In reality any sexual relationship with a younger person and a partner over 18 can wait until legal. “ 1 year in jail and a

Parents must gauge the degree of severity of misconduct to fairly judge which punishment to use to teach appropriate behavior and develop respect. Family and child psychologist, Dr. McCormick stated in the article “Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians Toward Corporal Punishment” in the Journal of the American Medical Association that “Most family physicians and pediatricians support the use of corporal punishment… and agree that children should be spanked if they misbehave” (Andero and Stewart 92). Having pediatrician support and advice is important in helping parents set boundaries and expectations so that children are aware of these prior to wrong-doing and can continue to respect their parent’s wishes. Where spanking does reinforce acceptable

In today's society people make it very clear about their opinion when it comes to discipline a child. Most but not every parent believes that every form of child discipline is considered child abuse. When in fact traditional acts of discipline are more of a teaching lesion rather than straight child abuse. What people are not aware of is that not every style of discipline works with every child. Some children listen and/or even learn better with specific punishments.

For centuries the use of corporal punishment has been an accepted form of discipline worldwide and was seen as an appropriate way of “eliciting behavioral compliance that was conceptually distinct from physical abuse” (Durrant & Ensom, 2012, p. 1373). The last 20 years, however, there has been a dramatic shift in this ideal among the international community. The early 1990’s ushered in numerous research studies that suggested a negative correlation between the use of corporal punishment and emotional, mental, and developmental issues in children (Durrant & Ensom, 2012). Studies have also indicated that the higher number of instances of violence perpetrated on children in the form of corporal punishment, the higher the levels of adult violence. They also suggest that the frequent use of corporal punishment, not only leads to child aggression but also delinquency and criminality. There are also indications that societies who view corporal punishment is relatively normative, more accepting

Corporal punishment in these days has been becoming a topic in many old timers talks. Many believe that it helps and is definitely the way to go. The older generations still seem to believe that society would be better off if kids still got punished the way they did. They refuse to ignore data that has not supported the clams they bring up about making children better behaved or as they call it “Straightening them up”. Many believe that our liberal democracy population has views that are not valid and that the old ways need to come back to help us grow.

Discipline is one of the basic things a child learns from his parents before he or she faces the outside world to learn more about life as a whole. Teaching this trait can depend on how the parent shows it to their child and how they explain the importance of having this trait both in and out of their homes. Misbehaving children cannot be avoided as they are curious little beings and they have a tendency to explore. But there are some parents, even teachers, who do not tolerate misbehaving and they resort to corporal punishments such as spanking to make sure the child never forgets how painful it is to misbehave as they will remember the punishment entailed to it and become more disciplined. However, not all children would understand the

Children are like flowers, if well taken care of they will bloom. If ignored or tortured, they will wither and die. Child discipline is one of the most important elements of successful parenting. Today, many people have this notion that physical abuse is in no way a solution to helping children discern between right and wrong. Since generations children have been taught the art of discipline through physical punishment. Often this approach to disciplining has resulted in two outcomes, one is where the child becomes more tolerant and is willing to adhere to what he/she has been told, or the other which more often results in children developing a sense of anguish and desire to revolt.

Kids are tough resulting in the need for parents to be tougher but are the methods used for discipline appropriate for all ages? From toddlers to young adults methods of discipline need to change in order to teach obedience and respect. In a child’s life they go through five stages which include; Toddler, preschooler, grade-schooler, teen, and young adult. As a parent, one should be able to grow and become better people along with their children. If parents are able to adjust their disciplinary methods along with their children’s age, then the subject of discipline will be simpler and easier for both parents and kids allowing it to stay completely legal.