Caning

As claimed by Elizabeth Gershoff and her research team, “children who are spanked are more likely to exhibit depression, anxiety, drug use, and aggression as they get older” in other words, adolescents that were spanked during their initial childhood years have a higher contingency of showing social problems when they mature. The repercussions of corporal punishment far outweigh the convenience of its practice. Even though spanking offers immediate compliance from a child, it should not be used…

Should Parents Hit Their Children Who Misbehave? Discipline v. Child Abuse Spanking, or, “corporal punishment,” has been on my mind as of lately, if you are a parent who spanks you are an “ abusive, sick, power, hungry, monster”, I heard someone say once. But how? If my child went to school and disrespect his/her peers and his teachers he/she will know what is going to happen, I’m not going to try to be their friend to talk it out just so it can happen again. Three years ago there was a lot of…

Every parent at one point during their children’s childhood debate the idea of spanking their child. Spanking a child is an extremely controversial issue that is debated throughout history. One side of the dispute believes spanking a child is necessary to uphold the authority while parenting. Meanwhile, others believe that spanking is corporal abuse and is destructive to a child’s development. Oftentimes frustration and/or anger can cause parents to act out towards their child. Spanking…

When it comes to children, they tend to make mistakes, that's a given; but as children get older their mistakes tend to grow as they do. When it comes to punishments for young children, some parents may stick to spankings, and others are totally against it, saying that it is wrong and doesn’t always work. Some parents don’t believe in hitting their children so they use other methods of punishment for misbehaving juveniles such as chores, loss of privileges and maybe a good scolding. These…

what your results are, what was interesting or surprising to you, and any other pertinent information. Is spanking a child as punishment ethical? To find out what people thought about this, we described a scenario to the the people we interviewed, and asked questions based off of the presented situation. We asked our audience to imagine that they are out shopping. Minding their own business, they overhear a young child, about six years old, crying to his parents. He wants a candy that he…

In our culture today, more Americans are coming to the belief that physical discipline of kids such as spanking is wrong. Scientists have been more recently carrying out studies on the negative effects of physical discipline, and some parents are concurring that it is the wrong way to handle misbehaving kids. With this change of heart comes more judgement upon public figures who use physical discipline with their kids. One example is with NFL running back Adrian Peterson, who disciplined his son…

Behind closed doors Fear is a sign of respect. A step parent to a 14 year old girl has been accused of child abuse. Her actions were not acceptable to him. When he realized she was lying he spanked her with a belt, causing minor bruises. The step parent did not mean to cause any harm just a spank to make her regret lying. Although spanking is a discipline measure, there is several opinions and debates on corporal punishment. Even though people say that spanking is child abuse and can…

When we are children, our parents strive to shape us into the best people we can be. Sometimes, the things they do upset us and we don’t understand their goal. Whatever their go-to action for bad behavior, parents only mean the best for their kids. Some parents take the calm approach of time-outs and grounding from favorite activities, while other parents take the approach of spanking/swatting. Some parents only use spanking as a last resort, while others use it multiple times daily. Many people…

Corporal punishment in children is often defined as, “use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purposes of correction or control of the child’s behavior” (Frechette, Zoratti, & Romano, 2015). I chose this topic because as a child growing up I would receive spankings, hit with a belt, and other forms of physical punishment. In my case it was never intended as physical abuse but to make sure what behavior I did was to not happen again.…

Statistics show that 94% of parents of toddlers use some form of corporal punishment and that 72% of a college student sample reported that they recalled experiencing some form of corporal punishment in their childhood (Athea C.A, Parkin C.M.). Corporal Punishment when referring to children is when physical force is used to correct or control a child’s behavior. The punishment is intended to cause discomfort and pain no matter how mild. Punishment in Psychology is defined as “any change that…