Spanking Children: Helpful or Hurtful As a child, where you ever spanked by your parents? I cannot speak for anyone but, as for me, I was regularly spanked as a child whenever I did something wrong. Spanking wasn’t my parents’ initial response to my bad behavior, but it was the only one I seemed to respond to. The question “Is it right, or justifiable, to spank a child?” is one every adult, especially parents, have encountered or will encounter, in their life. This question has aroused a great deal of controversy and has been the topic of countless debates. According to Kazdin and Benjet, there are three sides in this battle of morals; the pro-corporal punishment, the anti-corporal punishment, and, the more middle grounded, conditional corporal
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However, spanking should not be the primary disciplinary technique for parents to use on children. People, who support the pro-corporal stance, tend to view spanking as the primary and best method of discipline for children. Their number one point, in support of their ideal, is the frequently misquoted bible verse, “spare the rod and spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24).
According to Benjet and Kazdin, the pro-corporate view “underscores the beliefs that desirable consequences (e.g., respect for authority, good behavior, socialization) follow from the use of spanking, untoward consequences result from not spanking, and responsible parenting includes such punishment.
There are different interpretations of this bible verse. Depending on the reader, it could be a literal meaning or a figure of speech. It is left to the reader to decide how he wishes to interpret it, but even in the Bible, God showed mercy and patience with human beings. He usually only delivered his divine punishments after multiple attempts to appeal to the people to change their ways and leave their life of sin. If God shows patience with his people and resorts to harsh punishments only after several attempts of using less violent methods, then why do some interpret his word as a sort of approval for them to spank their children for every little instance. People need to understand that spanking is the last resort of discipline and should only be used when all else fails and not as the first response to bad
However, spanking should not be the primary disciplinary technique for parents to use on children. People, who support the pro-corporal stance, tend to view spanking as the primary and best method of discipline for children. Their number one point, in support of their ideal, is the frequently misquoted bible verse, “spare the rod and spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24).
According to Benjet and Kazdin, the pro-corporate view “underscores the beliefs that desirable consequences (e.g., respect for authority, good behavior, socialization) follow from the use of spanking, untoward consequences result from not spanking, and responsible parenting includes such punishment.
There are different interpretations of this bible verse. Depending on the reader, it could be a literal meaning or a figure of speech. It is left to the reader to decide how he wishes to interpret it, but even in the Bible, God showed mercy and patience with human beings. He usually only delivered his divine punishments after multiple attempts to appeal to the people to change their ways and leave their life of sin. If God shows patience with his people and resorts to harsh punishments only after several attempts of using less violent methods, then why do some interpret his word as a sort of approval for them to spank their children for every little instance. People need to understand that spanking is the last resort of discipline and should only be used when all else fails and not as the first response to bad