the State and a mother of two girls, Jessica 9 years old and Megan 6 years old. We asked her a few questions to see what her opinion on spanking children as a form how punishment is. How long have you been working as a social worker? “I have been a Social Worker for about 10 years now. When I first started I worked for nursing homes and worked on behalf of patients with abuse accusations from the nursing staff. However I didn’t feel that I was the appropriate person for the job, it was hard to…
DEAR ABBY: It has been the most rewarding time of my life watching my son Sterling grow and prosper. He has done so well with everything life has thrown him in the six years he has been on Earth. It has also been very difficult because this is my first time being a parent and our parenting styles are evolving with the child. I have taken a fair number of parenting classes and they have all been very useful up until this most recent ongoing issue. Sterling has been having a very hard time…
Apart from an analysis of plot and Riley’s actions in the animated film “Inside Out” to find a coming of age theme in the film, the researcher also interpret and finds the reflection of society also which is Family and child rearing. As a children that having a usual development and growing to be an adolescence, the main factor to assisted them is family or parents. The film demonstrates Riley was raised with warmth love by her parents, influence to her development to be usual, until her family…
Washington and the Cherry Tree” to represent “positive consequences of honesty” (Lee et al., 2014). Personally, I can see why the children increased their truth telling when faced with positive consequences because negativity is associated with punishment while…
in America’s prison systems, Arafa and Burns the authors of Judicial Corporal Punishment in the United States? Lessons from Islamic Criminal Law for Curing the Ills of Mass Incarceration, argued in favour of reinstating Judicial Corporal Punishment in the prison systems of America; similar to the ones that Islamic criminal law advocates for. Throughout the article, the authors’ work to prove how Judicial Corporal Punishment is more compassionate to both the offenders and their families; it…
My father came to the United States from Guatemala in 1987. He told me that he came illegally and took him two months to cross into Mexico. Before my father, one uncle, two aunts immigrated to America illegally as well. My father only lasted 3 years and went back to Guatemala without giving me the opportunity to immigrate to the United States while he was in the US. He had a rough life in the United States because he was not able to find a job. I remember him telling me that many days he slept…
Flogging is a cruel method of punishment. Not only does flogging leave abiding scars on the surface of the skin, but lasting scars to one’s mentality. After sixteen or more swings to the exterior of the dermis, one’s body starts collapsing. Death is one of the merciless results from this corporal punishment. No form of punishment should leave both physical or mental damage to one. Ask this simple question: Who are you to decided someone’s faith? The answer is limitless; no one is entitled to…
Although he states in his article, “ Is it OK to spank a child every once in a while? “, that he and his wife do not have children, therefore he tries to keep all judgments aside, he still can not ignore the extensive negative evidence that corporal punishment (which includes spanking) has on children’s mental health. I believe the author is trying to come off very unbiased so he can catch the attention of parents without making them feel offended or attacked so he can explain the effects…
value in young adults exposed to corporal punishment is a study done by Akemi Tomoda, Hanako Suzuki, Karen Rabi, Yi-Shin She, Ann Polcari, and Martin H. Teicher. This study was published in March 2009 and had the objective to see how harsh corporal punishment during a persons childhood changes the brain structure and specifically the amount of gray matter volume. They clearly drew guidelines on the differences between harsh corporal punishment (HCP) and corporal punishment (CP). They stated that…
Does suspending someone really work? How severe does their action have to be to get suspended? Is being suspended a punishment or a vacation? We all know if there is a problem student having detention or being suspended is the normal way to go, but that student could return and still cause trouble. Although suspending a problem student is the simple way, just sitting down and talking with the student could be a much approach because it decreases the suspension rates, increases test scores, and…