Corporal punishment in the home

For generations, corporal punishment has been permitted for use in households across the United States with many believing it to be an effective way to enforce discipline in children. Corporal punishment is often defined as the use of physical force against a child, often by means of spanking, or striking the child with various objects, causing pain as a means to control and correct disobedience. Corporal punishment is said to be effective in gaining the attention of a child so that they will…

Corporal Punishment is defined as the use of physical force towards a child for the purpose of control and/or correction and as a disciplinary penalty inflicted on the body with the intention of causing some degree of pain or discomfort (afis.gov). Corporal Punishment is important sociologically because sociologists are able to study the attitudes surrounding the matter. Due to people in society having personal opinions about corporal punishment, a final decision has not been made on whether…

Every child, every parent, and every situation is different, the punishment that follows than should also be different. One way is Corporal punishment, but it is not a fix all, therefore should not be used for everything and all the time, but it is a good tool to use once in a while. Corporal punishment is as viable as any other form of punishment, all form of punishment can become abusive, not just corporal. Taking away the rights of a parent to use every tool they have from theses situation…

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…

dictionary, corporal punishment can be defined as broadly as “punishment inflicted on a person 's body.” A more thorough description is provided by Dictionary.com, however, which uses the definition: “physical punishment, as spanking, inflicted on a child by an adult in authority.” Despite the indistinct line between corporal punishment and abuse, United States federal law allows corporal punishment in both school and home settings. In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled in Ingraham v. Wright that…

teach rule-breaking students to be better individuals, but some would say otherwise. Corporal punishment is the causation of physical pain to a person, or in this case, to a student. This started since the middle Ages when whipping became a punishment for minor crimes. In the late 20th century, that is the time where teachers started to do corporal punishment to children. There are different kinds of punishment given to students in schools. The most common one would be yelling and humiliating…

Discipline: Where to draw the line? Physical discipline, also known as corporal punishment, is the punishment where any physical force is castoff and its purpose is to cause pain to the child in order to teach them a lesson. It goes without saying that physical violence does not teach anything to any child. According to a research conducted by UNICEF on child abuse: 4 out of 5 children are exposed to some degree of physical abuse in their homes. With a substantial amount of children being…

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 reference…

The use of physical discipline as a parenting technique has been a controversial topic for our most recent generations. The evolution of physical punishment, beginning with our ancestors to now, has changed because of the findings from research studies conducted by psychologists over time. The use of spanking has been proven to have short-term and long-term effects on children for many reasons. The least detrimental way of gathering this information is through practical research in the form of…

Every parent or guardian wants his or her child to behave when they are in public or at home. Some parents believe that spanking their children is an easy way to discipline them. Corporal punishment tends to cause physical pain on a person such as spanking, flogging, or caning. Some parents believe that spanking their child to the maximum is an easy way to discipline them. Others believe there is a limit to spanking a child in order to correct their behavior. On the other hand there are people…