ever wondered how it would feel if you got paddled instead of getting an after school, or noon hour? A paddle is a long wooden slab up to 24’ with a handle. This is a type of corporal punishment which is, the deliberate infliction of pain on an individual as a means of punishment or to change behavior. Getting paddled or spanked means to slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment. In the year 1997, there was a Supreme Court case, Ingraham v Wright. The…
before. There are even cases where the parents of the child don’t agree on the same form of discipline. The parents who do not spank their child have to deal with many problems at home, school, out in public, and also with authority. When kids get spankings they have respect for authority, other family members, school faculty, elders and everyone else in today's world. Yes, I believe spanking are crucial simply due to the fact it makes kids have more morals and values. In my opinion spanking the…
and has been the topic of countless debates. According to Kazdin and Benjet, there are three sides in this battle of morals; the pro-corporal punishment, the anti-corporal punishment, and, the more middle grounded, conditional corporal…
more than seventy percent of parents believe, “It is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking.” Most of these parents were also spanked as children. Corporal punishment is a highly controversial topic and the negative effects need to come to light and be accepted. Studies have shown corporal punishment causes cognitive impairments. A cognitive impairment is when a person has a difficult time concentrating, learning new things, trouble remembering, or making decisions…
Moreover, in some countries spanking and child abuse are legal Incredibility: It is hard to believe that some parents can actually inflict pain on to their child and feel no remorse. Also, that some schools are in certain states are allowed to do corporal punishment. Impossibility: It is now illegal for someone to have suspicions that a child is being abused and not reporting it. Therefore it is illegal to injure a child in any form. Lack of Consistency: Parents should not be…
parents should use corporal punishment and can corporal punishment be an acceptable discipline tool in the rearing of children. The method will include questionnaires, demographic data, surveys, and incentive pay. Past research revealed that over 90% of parents physically punished their children (Straus, 1983; Straus, Gelles & Steinmetz, 1980; Wauchope & Straus, 1990). Sampling of college students indicated similar data with a 90% over, reporting some form of corporal punishment was…
The researchers randomly selected students from secondary schools in Spain, ranging in age from 12 to 19 years old (Gomez-Ortiz et al. 2016). The students were given various surveys to complete, asking questions concerning their parents’ parenting, any aggression or hostility in their households, and any bully activity…
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…
There have been many discussions on spanking. On one side of the debate are the parents who believe in spanking their children. On the other side are those who think that children should never be spanked. The problem with spanking is that each group defines spanking differently. Some believe spanking is a form of abuse, while others think it is a form of discipline. Parents have to realize that they will need to discipline their children for many years. A spanking needs to be part of that…
Many years ago children were disciplined to teach them how to behave very differently from how they do it now. For a child to learn what is right and what is wrong they need to be taught through rewards and punishments. Children should be rewarded when they do something right and punished when they do something wrong or disrespectful. Teaching children right from wrong should is the most important responsibility as a parent and over the years it has slowed down. Parents in the past used…