In the past research has mainly focused on the negative effects of corporal punishment on children only recently has it begun to focus on potential factors that influence individual perceptions of corporal punishment. This study aimed to investigate the effects of SDO on an individuals perception of corporal punishment. In this study they hypothesized that people with high SDO levels would see more child punishment as legitimate uses of parental authority than those with lower levels SDO. For this study they used a questionnaire with scenarios like: “Seven-year-old (five-year-old or thirteen-year-old) Emily was arguing with her younger sister, fighting over a toy. Emily ended up calling her younger sister an inappropriate name. Her father was
long term, children will have the autism when the fear affects their cognitive development. As well, the anxiety will have an impact on children’s brains. It can make children over-stressed and cause the reduction of their memory, emotions, and self-control. IQs of children ages 2 to 4 who were not spanked were 5 points higher four years later than the IQs of those who were spanked. The IQs of children ages 5 to 9 years old who were not spanked were 2.8 points higher four years later than the IQs of children the same age who were spanked (University of New Hampshire 2009). Spanking is not an efficient and safe way to affect children’s physical and mental abilities.
Spanking, also known as corporal punishment is a highly controversial method of discipline that parents currently use in an attempt to modify their children’s misbehavior. This type of punishment is not known to uplift the essence of education in children, and many parents and researchers feel that spanking leads to developmental problems. Research studies show how spanking produces a negative effect in children, and parents and caregivers should reconsider the use of corporal punishment as a form of discipline for their children because of its harmful effects. In addition, there are other, better alternatives that can be used to discipline children.
In 2014 UNICEF reported that 80% of parents in the world support spanking (Holeman and Wire). Another study conducted in 2012 showed that 70% of parents that live in America, also, support the use of spanking (Perry). Despite the majority in favor of spanking, there are numerous debates about whether spanking is an effective way to discipline your child or not. In result of the debates many researchers have conducted studies based solely on the outcomes of spanking. A great number of the studies have concluded that there is a positive correlation between spanking and aggression, mental illness, and antisocial behaviors in the future. Despite the current view on spanking, researches have conducted many experiments which conclude that spanking has many negative outcomes. Therefore, spanking should not be used as a way to discipline kids because of its negative effects on the child’s behavior.
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).
While reading Cleverley & Phillips ' Visions of Childhood I found that many views of the past relating to corporal punishment have changed significantly. During my readings I read things that instantly stood out to me. The first being how many issues and their solutions revolved around religion. John Wesley, was the founder of the Methodist Movement, and he believed that children were born with sin and that it was the parental duty to discipline the unruly child, starting at an early age. During this time period, corporal punishment was a common practice. Wesley used reference to the Bible verse in Proverbs to declare, “Spare the rod, spoil the child”, (Cleverly and Phillips, 1986) in turn parents believed they were doing God’s will with their harsh punishments.
Growing up most children had experienced being spanked.Being spanked is not fun and hurts very bad. Sometimes children get spanked for something they did wrong or simply because they lied.Spanking is a form of child abuse and can hurt a child 's feelings. Spanking of children can cause a disattchament between parents and child. It can also cause a child to not trust their parents.Spankings can cause a distraction for children and it can affect their school work. Hitting children can cause them to have life memorable scar on their body that could cause reseniment. Spanking can cause a child to rebill against parents.It also can cause them to have hatred against their parents.Spanking is not accptable because it show children that its accpeteable to hit other children.Parents should not spank their children because it promotes violence, damages relationship and trust, and it teaches children to lie when confronted
Spanking has been a controversial topic among many parents. Some believe it is just a form of discipline and is okay, while others believe that this is abuse or violence and it will harm the child in the long run.
I believe this article is a credible and trustworthy because it defines the negative effects of spanking a child while using other credible survey results. The article stated that "A 2014 UNICEF study found that about 80 percent of parents spank their children worldwide." This shows that the articles used a primary source to back up their information. Another example is of a use of a primary source in the article is "In the United States, about half of all parents spank their children at least some of the time, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in December 2015." A third examples of uses of primary sources that make this article credible when the article states "Though some studies suggest kids who are spanked may
It’s almost a tradition, a ritual, a thing that most parents have grown up into. It’s passed through generations, and it’s only until now that people have noticed its effects on children.
Article Review: Corporal Punishment and Child Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes through 5 Years of Age: Evidence from a Contemporary Urban Birth Cohort Study.
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
Corporal punishment is often seen as ineffective and as having negative results in children’s development including developing of aggressive behaviors, harming parent-child relationships, and damaging
We all live in a society where our actions are prolific us and may avail us various benefits but at the same time our actions can be detrimental to the other. Our society has created certain norms and regulations which are to be followed by each and every person is compelled to follow them in order to avoid a state of anarchy. Punishment is used as means to reform the wrong doer into a law abiding citizen. Punishment is the consequence of offence and the kind of punishment that is imposed on the wrong doer depends upon the kind of society one lives in. Punishment as a means of social control have been present in our societies since time immemorial and though punishment in ancient time were more severe and with passage of time punishment theories
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