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Summary of the Article The article shows the top ten reported states that use paddling as a punishment in public schools, with Mississippi as the front-runner for the most reported paddlings. But, this is only the reported paddling, there is no telling of how much happens that is not reported to school officials. The Southern States are the most popular for corporal punishment in schools because of how religious these states and the people in them tend to be. “The Bible Belt states, where…

Minnesota, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson found himself under fire in 2014 for using a switch to physically punishing his four-year-old son after his son had pushed another little boy off a motor cycle video game. The method Peterson used to punish his child resulted in the boy displaying welts and laceration across his thighs and buttocks. Peterson admitted to striking the boy through a series of text message sent to the boy’s mother and only displayed real regret at the fact that he had…

For parents who choose to physically discipline, it is important to note that while using corporal discipline to remove bad behaviors, one should use positive reinforcement, such as praise and rewards, to encourage good behaviors. David Roberts, a certified medicine doctor, firmly believes in a three-step check list: Effective discipline requires three essential components: (1) a positive, supportive, loving relationship in which children feel loved and secure; (2) the use of positive…

The Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a highly controversial topic. According to Benjet and Kazdin (2002), capital punishment can be defined as a child receiving a spank, an open-handed hit, on the buttocks that does not leave a lasting mark. It is a form of punishment that has been used for generations, now getting attention by many psychologists; some of aversive effects of it are coming to light. The main theme of arguments in favor of capital punishment is in…

“You don’t spank your kid because of love.” This is the word my trainer said to her client during the home visitation. I remembered discussing about corporal punishment with the client at that time. On the way back, I told her my own childhood experience about the corporal punishment. After she heard about my experience, she said to me that my mom was wrong and this could cause severe damage to the child. I was a little uncomfortable and defensive at that time, yet, I didn’t say anything to her.…

A topic that has been controversially for years, can people hit their children? The short answer to that would be yes, they can. But the more important question, should people hit their children? Hitting children is inhuman and wrong, it makes children afraid of their parents and usually leaves young kids confused. Discipline should only be verbal. First off, a parent is a child's main role model from their toddler years all the way up to young adolescents. That's why it's important to exhibit…

Negative reinforcement can either lessen the occurrence of the behaviour or it can escalate the behaviour which removes it. (Sheppard & Willoughby, 1975) A child will clean his room to stop his parent's continuous instruction to clean it. Positive Punishment refers to the negative consequence in response to negative behaviour. (Weiten, 2015) This is the opposite of Thorndike's Law a harmful incentive leads to the unlikelihood that the response to which it is related will occur. (Rachlin, 1976)…

Out of love, parents sometime resort to physical punishment. Most parents belief that it is the one thing needful so as to convict the children’s bad behavior. It has been defined as “the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience bodily pain or discomfort so as to correct or punish the child’s behavior” (Holinger,2015). This includes: spanking, hitting, pinching, squeezing, paddling, whipping, smacking, slapping, washing a child’s mouth with soap, making a child…

In a test of 100 families Dr. Diana Baumrind found that children who were moderately spanked by their parents as a form of punishment had no long lasting psychological effects. 94 percent of children between ages three and four have been spanked at least once by their parents in the last year (). Doctors highly encourage the use of nonabusive spanking or no spanking at all. However, doctors have found a reduced level of misbehavior in children who have been non abusively spanked (). In society…

Parents should not be able to smack their children because punishment interferes with the bond between parent and child, physical punishment gives the message that hitting is an appropriate way to express feelings and most studies show that children are more likely to get seriously injured. Punishment interferes with the bond between parent and child as it is not a human nature to feel love towards someone who hurts us deeply. Beating a child does not get them to respect you but fear you. The…