Spanking

The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Aggression in Children With technology being implemented earlier and earlier into children’s lives, aggression is becoming more of an issue in children, especially with the popularity of violent video games. Could technology be the sole cause of the rise in child aggression? Some studies show that parents hold an influence over their child’s attitude and ultimately their aggressiveness. Unfortunately, there is little known research on the…

“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.…

run away to repeat the misbehavior. But, on the other hand if you have a child with a less tough personality it could cause serious emotional trauma. In the video Disciplining children of different ages, Ari Brown, a Pediatrician and author, said “Spanking leads to children's fear and poor self esteem, parents need to build up their children not tear them down”. At school, sports practices, and other places is it likely that the child will find somebody that will bully them, in turn hurting…

(a scientific study on all the scientific studies that cover the issue) about spanking, it was shown that spanking is associated with aggression and mental illness in children. Corporal Punishment by Parents and Associated Child Behaviors and Experiences: A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review. Psychological Bulletin 2002. Vol. 128, No. 4, 539–579, DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.128.4.539 Furthermore, another study found spanking children has been associated with brain deficits in the following areas:…

There is a long ongoing discussion about how parents should discipline their children. Some believe that the best way to punish their children is corporal punishment (physical punishment). However, others believe that corporal punishment is harmful physically and mentally for their children. There are better ways to discipline children, whether it be time outs or taking away privileges. Also, in school lunch detention or In-School Suspension are great ways to punish to bring behavior change to…

Have you ever heard the racial joke that begins with “An American, a Chinese and a Hispanic man are in a plane?” Or how about the one that takes place with different religious leaders meeting in a casual bar? If you live in the United States, especially California I would assume you would have heard these jokes or similar ones. Although they are extremely offensive, they help show how culturally diverse our country is. Being culturally diverse, many people of different religions and…

The Day I Stopped Touching You know how some people don’t like others to touch their belongings without their permission? Well that’s how my mom is and she is very strict about those kinds of things. Like most people were, when I was little we loved touching everything, despite the ban of grownups. My mom always said that I couldn’t touch her possessions unless she said to do so, even if it was mine or someone gave it to me. The reason why is that because in Haiti, if a grown up gives a child…

affect dramatically children’s development, conduct, and emotional wellness; therefore, there are significant differences between implementing the time-out technique (a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break) and the physical approach of spanking (to strike, a child with the open hand, on the buttocks, as in punishment). The time-out method establishes specific positive discipline when parents properly set boundaries. The effectiveness rises upon the clarity of the rule stated and…

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 kneel on painful objects, and forcing a child to stand or sit in painful positions for long periods of time. Corporal…

technique to correct a child’s behavior. For many decades, psychologists and parents have been battling about physical discipline and its detrimental effects on children specially kids between the ages between 3 to 6 years. This study is crucial because spanking children has become one of the most used techniques to punish young children as means of discipline, which is used by most parents in diverse ethnic group or parenting-style. As mentioned in the Corporal Punishment Predicts Behavior…