Corporal Punishment or Abuse? Is corporal punishment wrong or do people just take things too far? Corporal punishment is legal in all 50 states and is used by nearly half of the families across the United States. Parents use household items such as wooden spoons, spatulas, and most commonly a belt. Results show that children who received corporal punishment behaved short term, but long term it caused several issues. Some issues that it revealed were psychological disorders, anger issues and it was even linked to criminality. The definition of spanking is an act of slapping, on the buttocks as a punishment for children. There is a fine line between corporal punishment and abuse; punishing a child by spanking, the after effect corporal punishment
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94% of parents reported using corporal punishment on toddlers and 35% reported using it on infants (Oveisi, et all., 2010). A study was done to reveal the most effective way to teach a child right from wrong. According to the Journal of Family Violence 15% of participants stated that rewards helped children learn, 80% stated that corporal punishment was the best form and 5% explained that rationalizing with children is the best way to teach a child. Most participants questioned whether we could educate our children if we did not punish them physically, refuse to talk to them, and/or curse them. Further, they asked how they could control themselves and not curse their children when they were angry about their bad behaviors.
Florida lawfully allows and expects parents to use some form of corporal punishment. The Florida law does not allow any parent or guardian to inflict severe physical or emotional harm to a child (Stine 2014). Spanking a child is expected of parents, the Bible even goes as far to state “Spare the rod, spoil the child”, but taking it too far is where issues start to come …show more content…
Statistics show that adults that received corporal punishment as children are depressed or violent as adults. The more a child is being hit, the more the child will hit as an adult. Children who were punished corporally are more likely to punish their children corporally or even go as far as to hit their spouses. Many believe that when corporal punishment is involved at a young age that the child will grow up thinking that violence is acceptable according to the article: Childhood Education. Parents spank because in the moment they want their child to understand right from wrong immediately, they are not thinking long term disadvantages. Most parents do not want to take the time to reason and explain situations to their children so it is easier to fall back on corporal punishment. “Children cannot always understand the difference between unacceptable physical aggression for which they get punished” (Case 2014). Children build up anger during their childhood and are three times more likely to abuse their own children. Their are lasting effects that many do not take the time to understand or even care about when it comes down to corporal punishment. According to Sarah Dutton if corporal punishment continues to be implemented on our future generations, it will only create a
94% of parents reported using corporal punishment on toddlers and 35% reported using it on infants (Oveisi, et all., 2010). A study was done to reveal the most effective way to teach a child right from wrong. According to the Journal of Family Violence 15% of participants stated that rewards helped children learn, 80% stated that corporal punishment was the best form and 5% explained that rationalizing with children is the best way to teach a child. Most participants questioned whether we could educate our children if we did not punish them physically, refuse to talk to them, and/or curse them. Further, they asked how they could control themselves and not curse their children when they were angry about their bad behaviors.
Florida lawfully allows and expects parents to use some form of corporal punishment. The Florida law does not allow any parent or guardian to inflict severe physical or emotional harm to a child (Stine 2014). Spanking a child is expected of parents, the Bible even goes as far to state “Spare the rod, spoil the child”, but taking it too far is where issues start to come …show more content…
Statistics show that adults that received corporal punishment as children are depressed or violent as adults. The more a child is being hit, the more the child will hit as an adult. Children who were punished corporally are more likely to punish their children corporally or even go as far as to hit their spouses. Many believe that when corporal punishment is involved at a young age that the child will grow up thinking that violence is acceptable according to the article: Childhood Education. Parents spank because in the moment they want their child to understand right from wrong immediately, they are not thinking long term disadvantages. Most parents do not want to take the time to reason and explain situations to their children so it is easier to fall back on corporal punishment. “Children cannot always understand the difference between unacceptable physical aggression for which they get punished” (Case 2014). Children build up anger during their childhood and are three times more likely to abuse their own children. Their are lasting effects that many do not take the time to understand or even care about when it comes down to corporal punishment. According to Sarah Dutton if corporal punishment continues to be implemented on our future generations, it will only create a