Spanking: The Movie That Changed My Life

My parents were both low wage workers and had to get the cheapest place to live regardless of the danger. I have to admit it was scary because of all the gun shots and gangs around. I still remember the day that someone tried to kidnap me. I was climbing the fence next to my apartment when a scary man started grabbing me trying to take me and I tried kicking his hands off of me until I finally managed to get him off and I jumped off. I ran inside my home and quickly told my father and he grabbed his bat and with only a towel wrapped around him , he went outside and tried to find the man.

The topic of should you spank your child has been a hot button topic recently in the U.S. While many Parents support the idea, some parents on the other hand are against the idea. In this thread, I will be stating my opinion on spanking a child. Why or why not? I will also be state weather or not the U.S should ban spanking, like many European countries have done.

The effectives of spanking grows stronger as a child gets older. In children around the ages of 6-12 will end up losing respect for the parent. Listening skills will diminish and they will become disobedient. You will be unable to properly rationalize with your child and communicate adequately. According to Rob Waters, “Spanking teaches your child that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems”(Waters, R, n.d). Studies have shown that a child is more likely to be violent if they are spanked at home. Spanking instructs a child that roughness is an adequate approach to tackle issues. Research demonstrates that children who are hit typically end up hitting other children as well. Also, different studies find that children who are hit are

15% of children are spanked before their first birthday, also 19 states in the U.S. allow spanking in schools. Spanking can cause aggression, mental disorders, and drug/alcohol abuse during adulthood (Online Psychology). Does spanking effect kids or effect how they act, does spanking effect later discipline techniques? Is it considered child abuse? Multiple questions on whether spanking should even be aloud.

Let’s look at the results of this survey. All of the Republican voters believe that it is acceptable for someone to spank their children. On the other hand, 33 percent of Third Party voters agree with spanking while the other 67 percent disagree with spanking. The Democratic voters are the ones whose beliefs on spanking are quite evident—only 13.86 of them agree with spanking—while the rest, a whopping 86.14 percent, do not agree with spanking their children. Do you notice a trend here? As shown by the results of the survey, Democrats tend to not agree with corporal punishment. Although this doesn’t hold true every time (there are exceptions), if someone doesn’t agree with corporal punishment then they are extremely likely to be a Democrat.

I grew up in New Jersey with one sister and one little brother we never had it all but still my parents managed. My house wasn't very big but, I can say that we always found a way to make it comfortable. Mom and dad bought us things to keep us happy lots of toys for example. The toys where pretty cheap but never the less we couldn't

When it comes to disciplining your children the question that continues to come up is, to spank or not to spank? The argument on whether or not to use physical punishment has been going on for decades. It’s still one of the biggest controversies and debates among parents and just about everyone has a strong and emotional opinion. One of the problems with spanking is how people define it. If you were to ask people what is spanking, each person would define it differently. Baumrind defined spanking as “striking the child on the buttocks or extremities with an open hand without inflicting physical injury, with the intent to modify behavior.” Spanking can make a negative or positive impact on a child’s life.

According to Catherine, studies have shown that children who are spanked at the age of 3 are more than likely to be aggressive by the age of 5 according to certain demographic features and cofounding factors. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the use of spanking as a type of corporal punishment for 3-year olds and the aggressive behavior that can occur by the age of five.

Since the age of 4, I love to play almost every sport, but there are exceptions like swimming. I was really good at soccer and skating. I remember I used to go biking for almost an hour just for fun.

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.

The clearest memory I can remember is when I was only four or five years old. My mom bought my twin sister and me a pair of little kittens for some reason I seem to-maybe it was our birthday...maybe-not remember. As soon as my mother gave them to us, we fell in love instantly. Even though I loved my kittens, I can’t seem to recall any happy memory with any of them (not even their sex), what I do remember clearly, is a not so pleasant memory that adults assume kids would have with their favorite pet.

I got my stuffed animal when I was just 3, a brown and black colored stuffed dog with soft short fur, by my brother because he was “too old for stuffed animals” and moved on to legos and transformers toys that you could get at walmart for $5. I would always secretly take Bruno (my stuffed animal) from his room before he gave me it, because I was an annoying typical little sister that would love to get their big brother mad at them and never get in trouble for it, I would then take it to my garage and play with it while messing around with my dad’s computer and printer and print out Tarzan pictures. Bruno looks like the first dog I ever got, my dog was sick and depressed because we had a small backyard and he was a big dog so he got taken somewhere nice where there’s a lot of room for him to run and play, well at least that’s what my dad told

A 6 membered family living in a 1 roomed apartment was common. After bombings, families would often not afford to get a place to live as good

The art of film has always been my first love. You can almost in a way say I was born to it, and I say that because when I was about a week old I was taken to the movie theater for an action packed movie called On Deadly Ground that starred Steven Seagul and that also happened to be his first time directing as well in 1994 (IMBD). So growing up my favorite type of movies used to be action and super hero movies but my absolute favorite movie of all time until this day is Lion King, I love everything about that movie.

The term corporal punishment means the intentional infliction of pain on the body for purposes of punishment. "Spanking can be defined as the use of physical force aimed at causing children to experience pain but not injury, for the purposes of correction and control of youthful behavior"(http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=32539). Spanking is a controversial topic and should not be taken lightly.