Smacking Persuasive Speech

Spanking is subjective in the least. Most parents suggest that using spankings as a form of discipline is essential to the development of a compliant child. For most Americans, this truth is one of the core foundations of the American model home. “70% of mothers indicated they had spanked their child at least once by the time he or she was 2-years-old” (Lee, Altschul and Gershoff, 2015.) There are numerous amounts of evidence that point to the certainty that spanking is linked to child aggression. In,

The main problem with hitting children is the psychological effect it has on them. One reason parents claim to hit their children is to

Have you ever been spanked as a kid and felt angry towards your parents? Did you feel they just hated you? Spanking is a form of corporal punishment which is a punishment intended to cause pain in many different ways. Corporal punishment started in slavery and led to schools and homes. Although many states have banned corporal punishment it is still allowed in 19 out of 50 states. Many adults will agree children just need a ‘good ol’e spanking’ and others will argue that it is a negative way to parent and causes more problems. Spanking children is not a proper way of parenting because it gives a negative effect on children.

Picture this, you are in an unsafe environment where you are receiving death threats from public officials and being publicly beaten by your military. With nowhere else to go you desperately seek the asylum of a neighboring country and, with no thought or any consideration, you are abruptly turned away, and forced to stay where your life is in danger. This is the fate of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, and many other Mexican citizens in need of help from the US. By putting up a wall, the US is to blame for many lives living in danger south of the US border. The US should not build a wall along the border shared with Mexico.

Spanking in history was the typical punishment you would receive when you missed behave. Some fathers would take their belts off, make you grab a switch (a flexible tree branch that was used for punishment), a wooden spoon, or whatever was closest for the parent to grab. Spanking is defined as hitting a child on the bottom with an open hand. (Narvaez) All parents have had those moments when they are at their wits in with their children when they are being terrors, but instantly resorting to spanking is not the only resolution to get your children to listen. In fact, spanking your children may do more harm than good. Unfortunately, not all parents know the difference between abusing their children, and only spanking them one or two times. Abusing your children is never right, but spanking your child can be a form of abuse. Studies have shown that spanking may not

In today’s society discipline and abuse are very different. Discipline in the 20th century is nothing more than talking to your children about their actions, the act of spanking your children today will have your children taking from you and you will face some sort of jail time. Society has changed so much in 60 years. Now a child can call the police on their parent if they even threaten the child about spanking them.

Children have minds of their own. As they begin to mature, their newfound independence will sometimes lead them to misbehave in various ways. A parent's patience(or lack of) as they interact daily with their children is crucial. Hitting, slapping or spanking a child as punishment often sends the message that it is okay to hit others to solve problems. A more productive approach may be to help the child figure out what they did wrong and show them how to learn from their mistakes. Kids need to understand the reasoning behind our rules and they need to feel that they can correct these mistakes if they do make them. No matter what the child has done, he needs to know that your love for him/her is unconditional.

In addition to these three principal reasons which show the inappropriateness of spanking, there are also other concerns. One main worry about spanking is that it is a lower level form of child abuse. It is against the law for a person to hit another person. Children are also people and should not be discriminated against simply because they are smaller.

For many years, discipline was and still is a grey line. By 2000, Studies were showing major associations between physical punishment and mental health, physical injury, parent-child relationships and family violence in adulthood. This led many countries to take action against violent punishments. Therefore, countries banned domestic violence after they decided that gentle discipline is the best method to raise a kid. On the other hand, many parents are reluctant to leave their physical ways of discipline. These techniques come from cultural, and religious beliefs that have been rooted in the parents. The parents continue to use violence as a way to discipline their kids, claiming that it is more efficient than gentle and soft methods of discipline.

According to the article, “Spanking gives the wrong signals,” Australia Melbourne believe that parents should not put their hands on their child because no matter what kind of discipline a parent give their child it still would not change anything. A child is going to be a child, and there is no need to discipline them. Parents are making excuses why they are beating their child because they want them to be more respectful with manners, but that is not the case. The author says when parents are spanking their child, they are showing their child that it is right for people that are bigger have the right to beat on people that are smaller than them. Furthermore, parents do not discipline their child feels parents who are disciplining their child are very despiteful to spank their child. Children should always have chances for the wrong situations that they have done or are dong

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.

To physically reprimand a child or not has been a serious on-going debate that has many pro and cons behind each party. One party believes physical reprimand to any degree even spanking is wrong and is not an efficient way to discipline a child. However, the other side believes if a child continually acts up and vocal reprimanding is not working that spanking is an efficient option to prevent disrespectful behaviors. Physically reprimanding a child can make them realize there will be consequences for there actions. Although each side makes very valid arguments, there is also a large population that believes spanking is an opinion but only as a last resort. Personally, I believe in physical punishment but not for every occasion, and it should not be done when one is mad and not be attempting to hurt the child. Additionally, it should not leave a child scared physically and mentally, but only be a gentile reinforcement to improve the child’s behavior if other tactics fail.

Many people believe that "a quick swat" from them to their child sends a clear message and is effectual discipline when included with loving remarks and in consistent fashion. I believe this view is the best way to help us understand the question: "is it ever appropriate to spank a child?" I believe that the answer that most definitely does not solve this question is that disciplining a child with spanking is alright when nothing else will work, or when the parent has "had enough." This could lead to abuse and/or psychosocially damaging discipline sessions. The context is that all-important factor that defines whether the discipline is appropriate or not. Unfortunately, many parents may have inherited foolish discipline

In my opinion, the slasher film “Scream” is one of my favorite horror films of all time. While there are better ones out, Scream is still such a good movie. A lot of people consider this film to be more of a spoof of horror films, or a Parody like “Scary Movie”, but I still think it’s extremely effective. This is a story that really destroyed many of the usual clichés in typical horror films, and it had interesting characters which the audience could get behind and was just overall really fun to watch. Today I want to talk about the opening scene with Casey played by the niece of Steven Spielberg Drew Barrymore and how it conveys Wes Craven’s filming style. Everyone probably thought Casey would be the hero of the story, but she is killed almost

Spanking has become an arguably debatable form of discipline. According to a study at the University of Texas, the more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents (“Spanking: Pros and Cons”). There is a connection between spanking during the childhood and mental health diagnoses later in life. There are other options of discipling your child than spanking them, especially because all children can take spanking differently. Parents should not spank their child because it showers that being “stronger” is right, demonstrates that older people have a right to hit younger people, and gives the examples that violence solves all problems.