My theories have changed since I entered the program at Southeast Tech. When I entered the program I believed in matters such as time-outs. I also did not fully understand the effect that corporal punishment could have on a child. Since that time I have learned other ways to handle challenging situations such as time-ins, having conversations on the child’s level, or calm-down times. My time in this program has also taught me about all the work that goes into planning the curriculum for young children. Before, I just thought educators of young children just picked selected items they thought were cute, worked on letters, numbers, and other things of that sort. Now, I thoroughly understand all the work and thought that should be put into …show more content…
NAEYC is important due to the fact that their organization helps keep early childhood educators up to date on current research regarding children. They also help early childhood educators stay connected by having meetings/workshops for all to attend. Staying connected with other educators helps to secure resources and share information with one another; having technology also helps to accomplish this. Fellow educators should also understand that children should be treated with respect, families need to be informed about the program their child is enrolled in, colleagues should work together to improve the education of the child, and lastly the program should work to improve the community it is located in. When it comes to treating children with respect, that means that even though they are more petite and vulnerable than you are, you should not take advantage of them. As an educator one should not participate in corporal punishment or exclude a child from activities as a result of them not performing in a way you concluded was unfit for the situation; even if the parents say that it is okay. Parents who were corporally punished or abused as a child are at an increased risk to use corporal punishment or abuse their own children. Also, 2 out of 3 children that face corporal punishment ends up being abused. The way a child receives discipline may have an effect on them for the rest of their lives; greater than four children a
Discipling a child with corporal punishment is an effective way to set clear boundaries for the child. Kids need to understand boundaries, to be respectful and to make good decisions. Kids have the option to obey or disobey rules. When corporal punishment is used on kids they know what is expected of them. It helps them gain self-control, And if they do choose to disobey they know the consequences that they have to face. Harold Bennett, president and dean of Charles H. Mason theological stated: “I do think children need to understand boundaries and I think
Spanking as a way to punish children is a heated debate that does not appear to have an end in sight. The people on both sides of the issue have very strong opinions and do not seem to want to entertain the idea that the other side could be correct. This is generally how debates work, but one concern that is often not looked at is whether the claims from either side are valid and reliable. Anyone can make claims and find evidence for those claims, but the evidence may not be sound and therefore not useful. If we want our arguments to mean something we need to use evidence that is both valid and reliable. Lee et al. argue that spanking can lead to increased aggression in children ages one to five. They set out to determine if there is a correlation between maternal warmth and spanking in regards to childhood aggression (Lee).
The NAEYC certification of membership is valuable because NAEYC is a professional organization that promotes high-quality learning for children. As a future professional being a part of this organization allows be to attend conferences that helps expand my network of professionals in the child development field. Networking will give me the opportunity to gain knowledge about children and meet new people that could potentially help me in my future career. Attending conferences gives me the opportunity to expand my knowledge on children and families. Speakers who attend always have information that I may not be able to receive
Yelling in public, crying over the smallest things, throwing a tantrum every five minutes; all these things have the same solution, which is spanking. People think spanking is a way to raise their children. Spanking is used among parents to teach their children a lesson if they act in a way they are not supposed to act. Some parents use spanking as a way to discipline, a way to teach the child a lesson, or it can be a natural thing in their household. The method of spanking as child rearing has caused some controversy about whether spanking negatively influence a child’s future behaviors and actions. The practice of spanking can later reflect their violent behavior as they get older. Children can easily misunderstand the message behind spanking and unknowingly use it the same way as their parents. Children can, therefore, use the method of spanking toward their new upcoming urge for violence or bad behavior. All of their future actions are now reflecting what they learned in their few years as a baby; they have learned the pain and method of spanking. It is only natural for them to use what they learned in their future. While the method of spanking for child rearing is used among many families, it is important to know whether this practice of spanking is effective in a beneficial way or if it is a definite way to create a child who has a violent behavior. It is better to know whether spanking is favorable in a child’s rearing years, rather than to use the
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
National Association of the Education of Young Children- promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8 by connecting practice, policy and research. Together, we work to achieve a collective vision: that all young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential (NAEYC,2005). NAEYC provides educational childhood accreditation. It is the golden standard for early childhood programs. NAEYC promotes a shared vision of excellence with early childhood professionals.
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is pushing for the elimination of all forms of corporal punishment and physical discipline of children in all environments including in schools and at home. APSAC strongly believes that corporal punishment leads to child abuse. The line that distinguishes abuse and discipline differs among individuals. What is perceived as abuse in the eyes of one set of parents is nothing more than stern discipline to others. APSAC is striving for universal prohibition of corporal punishment in an effort to “promote quality, safe, and nurturing environments where children can grow and develop to their full potential” (Champions for Children,
Corporal punishment is a widely debated and hot button issue. Whatever one's beliefs are on the subject, science has shown that corporal punishment does not work and has many negative consequences.
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.
Corporal punishment has been used excessively in the past, changing the way people look at it. In the article, “Corporal Punishment Still Used in Florida”, an incident happened when a mother gave the school permission to paddle her fourth-grade son. After finding out that there were bruises on her son’s behind, she regretted letting the school paddle her son. She didn’t know she was putting her son in danger when she allowed the school to paddle him. Jones, later on, stated, "There's got to be other ways to discipline kids." (----). Jones was expecting her son to get little swats if he acted up, not huge welts on his behind after being “disciplined”. The punishment went way too far. Another piece of evidence is shown in the
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
Parents today are in a time where there is more research about how to raise their child than ever before. There is a staggering amount of information throughout the library’s and internet that will point out the simple pros and cons of Corporal punishment. Many children psychologists state that violence will always produce violence, it will never reduce aggression. This is a generally accepted fact that has been proven and studied for decades. Will someone such as a child, not act out against an aggressor because of the natural drive to preserve their inherited material? There are usually four things that children who have experienced child abuse will do in later years. One they themselves will become the abuser they will act out the situations that they themselves were put in. Two they will cower down to interaction and will raise children that take advantage of them or three they will never full grow up and will be mentally handicapped by the entire situation that the scars are irreversible. Or four they will grow up perfectly normal and learn for the mistakes of their abuser. Fear from an abuser may actually may not be an emotion caused by an aggressor, depending on the social situation, but it is one of the most fundamental facts of social psychology that aggression towards a subject will produce increased aggression in the affected subject, in terms of the population of course. Many parents face a dilemma when it comes to the punishing of their children. The debate
It is a common enough scene, something you have probably experienced with your own children countless times. They are being loud, fighting, or just generally doing something they are not supposed to be doing. So you spank them. Maybe even yell. You’re frustrated, at your whit’s end. You just want them to stop, want them to learn and make better choices. Only, after spanking them, their behavior worsens. The effect you thought spanking them would have is not working. They act out more, get more aggressive. A debate has risen, as scenarios such as this become more talked about. Some say corporal punishment is damaging psychologically and negatively impacts childhood development. So the question has to be asked: “Is spanking bad?”
Corporal punishment affects a person’s self esteem. Corporal punishment can negatively affect the parent and the child, leaving them wondering the level of love from their parents. Corporal punishment is illegal in some places, Some countries don’t allow and even punish those who allow corporal punishment. A parent could go to jail for spanking their child, hitting their children with belts, flyswatters, paddles, ect. Corporal punishment can sometimes be very unnecessary, Not every bad behavior needs to involve corporal punishment . It might be enough to have a serious conversation with the child for them to see what they did wrong. When you start to give teachers and other people who are not the parents the ability to punish a child so harshly, then people can begin to abuse this power, and some usually do, in this society if you give an inch, they take a mile There is no true way to determine if a child truly deserved the punishment or if it was simply because a teacher was frustrated or fed up. That is because most of the time corporal punishment is given based on opinion. Another big problem with corporal punishment by others other than the parent is, “what if the child gets injured, who is responsible? The parent, the person who did the punishment, or no one?” Another problem is, violence promotes more violence which is bad, violence can get kids in more trouble in a different way with someone else, they will think what they’re doing is perfectly fine because their
Educators must administer corporal punishment dispassionately. Teachers tend to spank or hit a child more aggressively because they might not like the child as a person. Not to mention, teachers should be bother when they are administering corporal punishment to any child.