Corporal Punishment And Its Effect On School Children

Markham believes that “corporal punishment was linked with . . . increased rates of aggression, delinquency, mental health problems, and problems in relationships with their parents. . . .As adults, they are more likely to hit their spouses.” Markham’s statements, however, can easily be disproven. Markham based her facts on an “analysis of 88 corporal punishment studies over six decades. . . .” While initially these studies may seem trustworthy, it is impossible for them to be believable. Six decades ago, if a child was receiving a punishment, he was told to grab a switch from outside and bring it to his parent so the child could be spanked with it. When that child became a parent a couple decades later, he used the same form of punishment on his children because it worked on him when he was a child and the cycle then repeats. These studies cannot accurately show that spanking in childhood has caused issues in adulthood because throughout generations parents continue to use the same punishment on their children even if the parents did not agree with the punishment when they were

Living in the twenty-first century you rarely ever see someone spank their child or hear the word spank come out of a parent’s mouth. I see too many parents today that are too self-righteous to “spank” their children, because many people see spanking as form of abuse. Many parents in today’s world use more reasonable punishments for their misbehaving children. Some parents put their children in time-outs, deny them of their freedom, take toys away and ground them. I have seen parents use these methods because there are more reasonable ways of punishing their child for being disobedient. However, not everybody in today’s world uses these methods for punishing children; some parents use the act of spanking for punishment. Spanking was a popular punishment back in the 1900s, but is a very debatable topic in today’s society.

The way a child is disciplined has been a long argued topic, more specifically though the use of the corporal punishment and whether or not it should be illegal to actually perform. The corporal punishment is in fact not actually illegal in Australia, unlike many other countries around the world. We have taken the power away from schools and teachers but have not disallowed parents or legal guardians to smack a child, as long as it is done within the law. The lines between corporal punishment and child abuse are often blurred, reasonable force; is the phrase used to determine if the action is to violent or not. Throughout this essay it will display reasons for the smack to become prohibited, and also offer alternative measures that should be

When considering the effectiveness of corporal punishment, it is important to take into consideration the effects that it has on whole populations rather than just one case. Jared Pingleton, a clinical psychologist and a minister writes in an article for Focus on the Family as an appeal for the necessity of corporal punishment, “Many parents today view themselves primarily as their child’s friend and recoil at the idea of administering discipline. Children, though, desperately need their parents’ love and affirmation as well as their authoritative guidance and correction”. (Pingleton, 2014) This way of thinking about discipline is very important regardless of whether corporal discipline is used, but the use of spanking is often the most immediately effective way of conveying this message. Pingleton suggests in his step by step guide to carrying out discipline that when a parent approaches spanking properly, it can create a lasting sense of love and respect between the parent and the child. Spanking is used around the world to influence child development, and although it has many positives, it is also necessary to examine its’ alternatives.

Today, in the era of human rights, while the rights of children are officially recognized by international bodies, corporal punishment have not disappeared. According to a survey conducted in 2005 by the School of Psychology on behalf of UNICEF, violence against children worldwide spares no social category: it is present in the streets, in charitable institutions, of course, in the family. It appears indeed concluded this inquiry as an educational method and a culturally accepted way of social regulation. According to the same study, many parents admitted beating their children, some admit lecturing and another minority resort to punishments

According to a one hundred years ago corporal punishment was common in Sweden.By 1928, the Education Act, was revised that physical abuse be ban corporal punishment in the gymnasiums (secondary schools). Its significance is made clear when one notes that corporal punishment is still legally sanctioned in Canadian schools more than half a century later. A success in this early measure, is concern about the level of violence permitted toward children in home or in schools. It is evident that changes in public attitudes

In the past research has mainly focused on the negative effects of corporal punishment on children only recently has it begun to focus on potential factors that influence individual perceptions of corporal punishment. This study aimed to investigate the effects of SDO on an individuals perception of corporal punishment. In this study they hypothesized that people with high SDO levels would see more child punishment as legitimate uses of parental authority than those with lower levels SDO. For this study they used a questionnaire with scenarios like: “Seven-year-old (five-year-old or thirteen-year-old) Emily was arguing with her younger sister, fighting over a toy. Emily ended up calling her younger sister an inappropriate name. Her father was

For centuries the use of corporal punishment has been an accepted form of discipline worldwide and was seen as an appropriate way of “eliciting behavioral compliance that was conceptually distinct from physical abuse” (Durrant & Ensom, 2012, p. 1373). The last 20 years, however, there has been a dramatic shift in this ideal among the international community. The early 1990’s ushered in numerous research studies that suggested a negative correlation between the use of corporal punishment and emotional, mental, and developmental issues in children (Durrant & Ensom, 2012). Studies have also indicated that the higher number of instances of violence perpetrated on children in the form of corporal punishment, the higher the levels of adult violence. They also suggest that the frequent use of corporal punishment, not only leads to child aggression but also delinquency and criminality. There are also indications that societies who view corporal punishment is relatively normative, more accepting

Many studies have come out with negative effects that can come about from using many forms of corporal punishment. As parents we need to ask ourselves are we able to control ourselves when we are upset at our kids? Are we able to be fair to our kids? Can the things we do to our children come back and turn out to be used against us and others? “Corporal punishment

Discipline is one of the basic things a child learns from his parents before he or she faces the outside world to learn more about life as a whole. Teaching this trait can depend on how the parent shows it to their child and how they explain the importance of having this trait both in and out of their homes. Misbehaving children cannot be avoided as they are curious little beings and they have a tendency to explore. But there are some parents, even teachers, who do not tolerate misbehaving and they resort to corporal punishments such as spanking to make sure the child never forgets how painful it is to misbehave as they will remember the punishment entailed to it and become more disciplined. However, not all children would understand the

Parenting styles in the onset of any child’s life is a huge determinate of what their future will turn out to be. Parenting styles are the normative prototypes that parents utilize to socialize and manage their children. Different parents employ different styles of discipline to ensure that their children develop to be all-rounded adults. Children who have been nurtured well by their parents turn up as self-regulated with disciplined behavior. Child discipline is thus a key parenting skill, and the choice of discipline style chosen varies from one parent to another. However, the different parenting styles produce different results and hence, some are either effective whereas some are not. This paper explores the effectiveness or lack of it, in reinforcement and punishment, corporal punishment, inductive reasoning, power assertion and withdrawal of love.

The term corporal punishment is defined as the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, "for the purpose of correction or control of the child’s behavior"

Punishment can be defined as part of disciplinary measure that can be inflicted on any person with the aim of creating positive behavioral change? In order words, punishment can be considered a sub-aspect of discipline. At the level of schools, “many parents and teachers see punishment as part of discipline” (D.H. Sailor, 2010), based on discipline. Some people however, do not see punishment as part of discipline. They strongly uphold that “discipline does not necessarily have to involve corporal punishment” (Songül K_L_MC_• 2009). Generally, at the level of school punishment is a policy. It generally works within the framework of everything revolving around the school code of conduct, and measures necessary to uphold them. In many African schools discipline involves other minimal classroom measures, suspension from school and corporal punishment. Corporal punishment in particular has long been an “acceptable, common form of discipline among African-Americans. Indeed, spanking is as much a part of popular black culture” (LaShaun Williams, 2011). The very purpose of this corporal punishment especially on children is to stop them from undesired behavior by using a painful or unpleasant method.

Corporal punishment affects a person’s self esteem. Corporal punishment can negatively affect the parent and the child, leaving them wondering the level of love from their parents. Corporal punishment is illegal in some places, Some countries don’t allow and even punish those who allow corporal punishment. A parent could go to jail for spanking their child, hitting their children with belts, flyswatters, paddles, ect. Corporal punishment can sometimes be very unnecessary, Not every bad behavior needs to involve corporal punishment . It might be enough to have a serious conversation with the child for them to see what they did wrong. When you start to give teachers and other people who are not the parents the ability to punish a child so harshly, then people can begin to abuse this power, and some usually do, in this society if you give an inch, they take a mile There is no true way to determine if a child truly deserved the punishment or if it was simply because a teacher was frustrated or fed up. That is because most of the time corporal punishment is given based on opinion. Another big problem with corporal punishment by others other than the parent is, “what if the child gets injured, who is responsible? The parent, the person who did the punishment, or no one?” Another problem is, violence promotes more violence which is bad, violence can get kids in more trouble in a different way with someone else, they will think what they’re doing is perfectly fine because their

Among the various forms of children punishments, corporal punishment has been revealed to be an ineffective form of correction due to the negative consequences associated with it. Corporal punishment involves subjecting children to physical pain as a corrective measure to prevent them from engaging in inappropriate behaviors. This is a type of power assertive method of discipline where children are subjected to punishments without explanation or justification. They grow up in fear of the consequences of corporal punishment rather than understanding the right from the wrong. The consequences associated with physical punishment include both physical and emotional abuse that has adverse effects on the growth and development of children. As a result of corporal punishments, children are often left with disabilities or bad medical conditions in case of injuries during punishment. The children are also abused emotionally through the vulgar language that is often used by the parents during the administration of the punishments. This physical and emotional abuses that children are subjected to makes them lead a disturbed life in future. The recommended approach of discipline is therefore the inductive method where the children are guided with explanation and justification in case of punishments in order to understand rather than fear the reason behind the punishment.