Corporal punishment in the home

aggressive in this quest than the others; some will even resort to corporal punishment. In the 1990s, George Holden, a professor of psychology at Southern Methodist University who has published five books on parenting and child development, conducted research that showed 70% of college-educated women spank their children; other studies have found that up to 90% of all parents use corporal punishment. What’s more worrying is that the punishments range from doing dangerous things such as smoking…

researchers suggested exposure to harsh disciplinary style may be associated with the development of antisocial deception, as children tend to avoid severe punishments for their minor impulse-driven transgressions (source). The textbook explains that authoritarian parenting sets strict rules for their children’s behavior and sometimes uses corporal punishment when rules are broken (source). Likewise, these parents may also violate and manipulate children’s feelings, thoughts, and attachments to…

way to impart values and morals. Peterson’s extreme actions, done in the name of corporal punishment, ignited a ferocious, emotionally fraught debate over whether it’s OK to hit your kid. The debate reflects deep divides in our society, chasms that track along political, religious, regional and racial lines. Half of all U.S. parents say they’ve spanked their kid. Spanking doesn’t just happen in the privacy of homes, either. Nineteen states allow teachers or principals to hit children.…

refused the punishment because he didnt do nothing wrong. So he got held down and then got 20 swats by the principal. The boy suffered bruises and kept out of school for ten days had to have medical attention. The boy and his mother sued the principle and other school official. That it was against the eighth amendment cruel and unusual punishment. The government said “ the eighth amendment only goes from the government hands not school childrens. Bottom Line: Teachers can use corporal…

Teachers and professionals who work with children would be fired if they ever abused a child in Canada. Even my parents never physically punished me at home when I was a child. They would use positive and reinforcement and timeout instead. In addition, I was never malnourished as a child, unlike Ethiopian children from poor families. My parents made sure I ate a variety of fruits and vegetables, meat,…

This horrible tale shocked the country and media, the story ended up making the cover of Time Magazine. Our nation reacted with mixed emotions. USA Today suggested: "With every brutal crime by a child, a troubled nation demands longer jail sentences, tougher treatment, even the death penalty--anything to stop the violence." Shocking cases like Yummy Sandifer's, makes us focus on crime and our youth, trying to find a solution for a problem that seems to be growing daily. But killing our youth…

criminal acts. In most states, the age for criminal culpability is set at 18 years. Juvenile law is mainly governed by state law and most states have enacted a juvenile code. The main goal of the juvenile justice system is rehabilitation rather than punishment The juvenile system was erected upon 3 conceptual pillars: 1. Age of Responsibility : It is at what age is a person responsible for his or her conduct. It all depends on what the offense is and in what state. Every state is different for…

encounter corporal punishment or child abuse in their childhood. Corporal punishment is defined as the constrained use of physical force by a caregiver to preserve the concept of discipline. Nonetheless, child abuse is delineated by harm to a child that can be in any form of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect and abandonment. However, the problem in America is that an abundant amount of people have a strenuous time of recognizing the difference between child abuse and punishment that is…

Coll, C. T., Meyer, E. C., & Brillon, L. (1995). Ethnic minority parenting. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting, Vol. 2: Biology and ecology of parenting (pp.189-209). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Gershoff, E. T. (2002). Corporal punishment by parents and associated child behaviors and experiences: a meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological bulletin, 128(4), 539. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539 Gershoff, E. T. (2013). Spanking and child development: We know…

set morals and justice. With morals some individuals set their own standards of an appropriate conviction towards a heinous crime. Standards are then sometimes set by a biased implication. An implication that states the outcome of the case and the punishment level of the defendant. The biased decision sometimes not even being the correct form of justice, but a name to put on a case file for it to be closed and sealed forever. In the case of Patrick D. Murphy where the specific killing location…