Spanking Children: Don T Hit Me By Bernadette D. Holt Analysis

Spanking Children and It’s Problem
“Why and How I Created My Visual Argument: Don’t Hit Me,” speaks on the use of spankings as a disciplinary action against children by parents or caretakers. The argument that spanking children is either good or bad has been up for debate for a long time. The author, Bernadette D. Holt, believes that there is absolutely no good to come from it. She explains how spanking is a show of love through violence and how that is a misconception of appropriate discipline for a young child. Holt’s essay is essentially to explain to parents why spanking their children is a negative action against the child through discussion and a visual argument. She expresses how it has affected her throughout her life after the fact and how she has reflected on it …show more content…
Holt never really addresses any proof that spanking your child is a bad thing, she really rides on the fact that hitting them is aggressive and with reflect onto the child that aggression can be used as a tool to teach obedience or love. The truth is she never explains exactly why it can’t be used as a tool to teach these things and why there are no positives from it. “People call bad behavior irrational or maladaptive. The terms suggest an alternative that would be rational or adaptive. The ultimate consequences of parental aggression are of both types: long-term loss of control over the child’s behavior and long-term disaster in the form of a fearful and angry child. The long-term nasty consequences lead to the labels of irrational and maladaptive” (Michael Donnelly). This is evidence to support her claim that the long term effects of hitting your children could be a bigger problem down the road in the face of the quick fix method of instant