Is smacking children sometimes necessary?
Parents agree that disciplining children is a hard task. They definitely seek the best constructive ways to address this vital issue. They unquestionably strive to provide their kids’ with the best life essentials that would help the children to be good and independent individuals. Some parents believe that smacking is a necessary disciplinary measure that ultimately aims to rectify their children’s wrong and unacceptable behaviors. However, others consider any type of physical punishment of children is abusive, no matter how trivial and safe it might be. This essay tries to answer the following question: why is smacking children sometimes needed? The essay supports the opinion that views harmless smacking as a justified behavior for three main reasons, namely: it inflicts no serious damage, it is an effective part of child-rearing strategy, and it may be less, if not the least, destructive than any other non-physical punishment.
The first reason why mild smacking is defensible is that it causes no severe …show more content…
It is used when no other types of punishment is effective. It should also be emphasized that this punishment, as Peterson (2014) put it “is not certainly the same as abuse.” Discipline-oriented physical punishment is used and agreed upon by many parents and school teachers, even in the most developed countries. Physical punishment is strictly banned in the American schools; still, it is used and practiced. The Economist (2014) reported that about a quarter of a million American pupils were beaten in the school year 2008-2009. The report added that more than 80% of American parents consider smacking is sometimes a necessary practice. These statistics show that such a punishment has been viewed by most parents as an effective tool for disciplining and rearing
Parents agree that disciplining children is a hard task. They definitely seek the best constructive ways to address this vital issue. They unquestionably strive to provide their kids’ with the best life essentials that would help the children to be good and independent individuals. Some parents believe that smacking is a necessary disciplinary measure that ultimately aims to rectify their children’s wrong and unacceptable behaviors. However, others consider any type of physical punishment of children is abusive, no matter how trivial and safe it might be. This essay tries to answer the following question: why is smacking children sometimes needed? The essay supports the opinion that views harmless smacking as a justified behavior for three main reasons, namely: it inflicts no serious damage, it is an effective part of child-rearing strategy, and it may be less, if not the least, destructive than any other non-physical punishment.
The first reason why mild smacking is defensible is that it causes no severe …show more content…
It is used when no other types of punishment is effective. It should also be emphasized that this punishment, as Peterson (2014) put it “is not certainly the same as abuse.” Discipline-oriented physical punishment is used and agreed upon by many parents and school teachers, even in the most developed countries. Physical punishment is strictly banned in the American schools; still, it is used and practiced. The Economist (2014) reported that about a quarter of a million American pupils were beaten in the school year 2008-2009. The report added that more than 80% of American parents consider smacking is sometimes a necessary practice. These statistics show that such a punishment has been viewed by most parents as an effective tool for disciplining and rearing