Many parents know that discipline is necessary when parenting young children, but the techniques that are used are very controversial. Spanking and other forms of discipline have always been a very controversial topic in today’s society. Around the globe there have been numerous studies that have been conducted on the various facets of the infamous topic of spanking. These facets focus on the psychological toll spanking has on kids and the effects that stay with them throughout the child’s life. Spanking is known to do many things to a child and specific evidence has concluded that spanking or hitting a child can lead them to have increased aggression, and mental health problems for children. Parents need to know other techniques of how to
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A healthy relationship does not involve hitting. The most effective age of spanking is age’s two to six. Around these ages it is important the lessons that caregivers teach children. When one is spanking their child, without even noticing it, they are forcing their child to be scared of the caregiver. This will cause the child to most likely always be scared of adults. “[Children] are more likely to step back from the relationship and build a self-protective shield around themselves in terms of relationships generally”(Narvaez, Darcia). As a child, it is scary enough to be around adults but when you are being spanked by an adult that is supposed to love and care for you it makes trusting other adults difficult. “Children can learn to mistrust the motives of others and become more threat reactive in social situations” (Narvaez, Darcia). Children should always feel comfortable in social situations and not trusting adults does not allow children to always feel …show more content…
“A time-out is a well known discipline technique used to interrupt an unacceptable behavior; it is not intended to punish, but to give children the opportunity to calm down and regain self-control”( "Discipline & Guidance"). Using time outs are a much more effective way to discipline than spanking. Time outs really force the child to think about what they are doing rather than spending their time being scared for what they have done wrong. Simply speaking to the child and explaining to them what they did wrong is said to be effective. Another way to discipline a child without spanking would be to withhold punishments. Children need to understand that their actions have consequences, and taking away something that he or she loves will have more affect on him or her rather than spanking the child. Overall, all of these are great alternates to spanking but studies show that it only works if the parent or caregiver is consistent with their
A healthy relationship does not involve hitting. The most effective age of spanking is age’s two to six. Around these ages it is important the lessons that caregivers teach children. When one is spanking their child, without even noticing it, they are forcing their child to be scared of the caregiver. This will cause the child to most likely always be scared of adults. “[Children] are more likely to step back from the relationship and build a self-protective shield around themselves in terms of relationships generally”(Narvaez, Darcia). As a child, it is scary enough to be around adults but when you are being spanked by an adult that is supposed to love and care for you it makes trusting other adults difficult. “Children can learn to mistrust the motives of others and become more threat reactive in social situations” (Narvaez, Darcia). Children should always feel comfortable in social situations and not trusting adults does not allow children to always feel …show more content…
“A time-out is a well known discipline technique used to interrupt an unacceptable behavior; it is not intended to punish, but to give children the opportunity to calm down and regain self-control”( "Discipline & Guidance"). Using time outs are a much more effective way to discipline than spanking. Time outs really force the child to think about what they are doing rather than spending their time being scared for what they have done wrong. Simply speaking to the child and explaining to them what they did wrong is said to be effective. Another way to discipline a child without spanking would be to withhold punishments. Children need to understand that their actions have consequences, and taking away something that he or she loves will have more affect on him or her rather than spanking the child. Overall, all of these are great alternates to spanking but studies show that it only works if the parent or caregiver is consistent with their