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    Why Spanking Is Wrong

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    to a verbal consequence the what is the next level? Some parents believe it is wrong to hurt their child in anyway shape or form ,but people can take spanking to the extreme. Spanking can be a consequence to the child if verbal consequences don’t work. Spanking is a safe and appropriate tool for parents to use. The first reason why spanking can be a good technique for parents is when verbal consequences are not working something more forceful can be used to enforce it. If the child knows

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    Spanking Child Abuse

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    Some parents think spanking a child is abuse when the parent hits a child for something he or she has done wrong like talking back to the parents. However, there are many parents who call it discipline. While some parents say it is a form of child abuse when children are spanked. Some caretakers never spank or hit children in their care as a means of discipline. Some parents are unaware of the types of problems they expose their children to if they hit them in order to discipline. A fine line exists

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    Spanking has been going on for centuries all over the world. In some cases, spanking can be misinterpreted as being abusive. Spanking is a type of punishment involving the act of striking the buttocks, hands, or any parts of the body of another person to cause physical pain. More severe forms of spanking are when objects are being used instead of a hand. Abuse is when someone treats a person with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly. I’m sure everyone has encountered spanking

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    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. Opponents of spanking think that parents

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    Violence in Education, once said, “Spanking does for a child's development what wife-beating does for a marriage.” Spanking has become a highly accepted form of child abuse in today’s society. Spanking can lead to psychological and mental struggles, behavioral and violence issues, lower cerebral capacities, and less remorse for wrongdoings as an adult. So why are we still choosing to hit our children? It is impossible for children to learn from their mistakes from spanking. The reasoning and understanding

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    Spanking Law Essay

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    6a) I would say that the charter would apply to the “Spanking Law” under section 12 that outlines the treatment and punishment, stating that everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment and punishment only under the condition that they discipline with excessive force. My reasoning behind whether it would apply would lie in Section 43 of the Criminal Code allows and gives parents and teachers (who is under their care) legal defence when they physically discipline

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    Why Spanking Is Wrong

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    Spanking is the act of striking child with open hand, belt, paddle or swish. It is a common form of punishment especially among children. Spanking is a controversial with some researchers maintaining that it is helpful and making spanking not abusive. Spanking assist parents to exercise authority over the child, once spanked a child understand whatever they have done was wrong and not to repeat it again. (Riffe 2011) Children are also able to understand the required norms of the society once they

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    achieve a sense of responsibility, and many other basic life skills that children who do not receive discipline from their parents don’t have (Lee, Katherine. Para. 10). Spanking, to many, seems to be a very controversial word as well as topic. People typically hear the word ‘spanking’ and think that it means ‘beating’. Spanking and beating are completely different, but it also depends on each person’s definition. It also depends on the severity of the punishment. If a person had left visible marks

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    Persuasive Essay Spanking Spanking is a form of corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence. It is usually done in act by an adult, parent, or guardian hitting the child or students buttock. The reason this is done is in response to bad behavior. Some countries have outlawed the act of spanking in every setting, but many allow it as long as it is done by a parent or guardian. As many people think spanking is an okay discipline

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    Spanking Every parent known to mankind is familiar with the dreaded supermarket fits where they are on a race to the check-out and they are putting items in the cart just as fast as their toddler’s grimy little hands are throwing them out. Many parents result to lightly smacking their child on the hand or bottom and firmly telling them “NO,” and the rest of the parent’s grimace at the thought of “abusing” their child. There is a very fine line between abusing a child and disciplining a child. I

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