Corporal punishment

“Whoever inquires about our childhood wants to know something about our soul.” I chose to start with this quote from Alice Miller’s book because I think it epitomizes the impact a childhood has on an individual later in their life. Childhood is a practice run for adulthood in some ways, in that we learn how to behave in certain situations and we learn about human nature and how to deal with adverse situations by developing coping mechanisms. We are effectively building a resilient (or non-resilient

watch television program that uses all kinds of inappropriate language and visuals, and parents are wondering where they are getting the rebellious attitudes. Psychologists differ on what produces the negative correlations in a study of corporal punishment. psychologist Dr. Gershoff argues that spanking leads children to believe that violence achieves results, while Psychologist, Dr. Baumrind and her colleagues opposes that excessive child misbehavior, which can elicit increased disciplinary responses

The concept of a good parent and what it means to embody one is highly opinionated and extremely difficult to define. In a country like the U.S, young children are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse everyday due to a widespread range of different cultures. This makes it a nightmare to determine what is considered good parenting. Cultural norms about parenting practices and values typically stem from a person’s country of origin and how they were raised. In general, a common theme that

Spanking a four-year old causing trouble leads to more trouble so why hit him, it only causes them to act up, but alternatives to spanking can be used upon a child to get them to behave. “The right of parents to physically discipline their children is ingrained in American culture and recognized in our laws” (Blum 921), but a toddler doesn’t need harsh physical discipline to learn the difference between right and wrong, it doesn’t need to be spanked because they are doing something they are not supposed

Learning to discipline children and knowing the right kind of discipline strategy is hard work and a real challenge to parents. A lot of times people, especially parents, fail to know the difference between punishment and effective discipline. Discipline is explained as the process of educating children about proper behaviours and societal norms and values. Effective discipline helps children manage their actions so that they behave according to their knowledge of what is right and wrong rather than

There is much controversy over whether it is good to let a baby cry it out in order to teach them not to associate it with rewards. In my opinion, I think letting a baby cry it out is not so much of a bad thing. I do however; think that it should be done with certain circumstances. For example, when a baby is first born they are just being introduced into how the world works and crying is their only form of communication. At this stage I believe it is not right to let them cry it out. They are

Should Parents be held Responsible for their Children's Crimes Children are capable of horrible things just like adults, but should parents be held responsible? Around the world parents are being held responsible for their children's crimes. Parents are the people who are supposed to love and support almost everything. Even when your child commits a crime they will never stop loving you, but sometimes the parent still gets punished and the child has no consequences. There

Rollershoes: Innocent Toy or Serious Threat Rollershoes are a kind of shoe have wheels protruding slightly from the heel, allowing the wearer to alternate between walking and rolling. There are a number of tricks that can be done with them, including pop wheelies and spins. Rollershoes are one of the favorite pastimes of the children’s young truth. People’s opinions, however, are divergent on rollershoes. Quite a few people advocate that rollershoes is just an innocent toy, it allows children

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

Throughout the first 8 weeks of class we have discussed a lot about ethnocentrism, the sophist, skepticism as well as a lot of different arguments. This essay is going to show what I have interpreted from the lectures and discussions. What is Ethnocentrism? Ethnocentrism by definition is “Our culture's tendency to twist our judgement in favor of homegrown beliefs and practices and against foreign alternatives” It is our culture's way of only being in favor of homegrown beliefs. Anything that isn't