Spanking Persuasive Speech

Spanking is subjective in the least. Most parents suggest that using spankings as a form of discipline is essential to the development of a compliant child. For most Americans, this truth is one of the core foundations of the American model home. “70% of mothers indicated they had spanked their child at least once by the time he or she was 2-years-old” (Lee, Altschul and Gershoff, 2015.) There are numerous amounts of evidence that point to the certainty that spanking is linked to child aggression. In,

A recent study shows 70 percent of parents believe it is right to discipline a child through physical means. Most commonly, parents will spank their children but being hit with things like belts or other objects happens as well. Parenting methods haven’t changed much with time and discipline in similar no matter the country. With more studies out to find the most effective method of parenting and discipline it’s coming to attention whether or not physical harm is the best way to teach children. Parents want what is best for their children, so it is important to constantly bring up and question methods commonly accepted in the past. One method that is becoming more controversial is spanking children. Though it is still considered normal to do, it is gaining more traction and more studies are being done to find the problems it causes. Checking on parenting methods can be difficult as everyone is raised differently. It is also difficult to test which forms of punishment lead to certain outcomes. However, there is a trend of negative effects from hitting. Gershoff acknowledges, “several national professional organizations have called on parents to abandon spanking as a child rearing practice and for professionals to recommend disciplinary alternatives to spanking.” Spanking children is a terrible discipline method as it has negative effects.

Everyday parents are faced with the challenges of disciplining their children. We all wish there was an instruction booklet that we could magical pull out and get them back on the right path, but no such thing exists. Often times, your child pushes you to the edge of your personal limitations. At this moment it is often we correct our child’s behavior by spanking. Spanking is considered a form of discipline that is acceptable by most and an unacceptable to a smaller crowd. Spanking can lead to psychological problems in early adolescent, which long term can lead to emotional and anger retention.

The poll asked if a child less than one year old should be spanked. As a result, 81 percent of the mothers disagreed with spanking a child less than a year of age, and 19 percent believe a child under a year of age should be spanked (Jet 16). Then when asked if a child of 1-3 years old should be spanked, 26 percent disagreed with spanking at that age and an astounding 74 percent agreed with spanking a child of this age(Jet 16). When asked about the harshness of the spanking, 92 percent said they do not leave visible marks of damage while only eight percent say they do leave a mark upon the child (Jet 16). The results of both polls show consistent finding with the research of sociologist Richard J. Gelles, PhD, and director of the Family Violence Research Program at the University of Rhode Island. He Believes ?Hitting children is so taken for granted in out society that almost all parent view spanking as an inevitable part of raising children?(Working Mother 48). He believes this ideology will remain apart of our culture because it is infused within each of us since birth (Working Mother 48).

Editors remarked that in, “Spanking Your Children: Good or Bad”, the CED studied how spanking may be effective short term, but there may be consequences later in life. The more children are spanked, the less they are likely to be mannerly, and well- behaved in the future. They continued on by stating, “Spanking does not teach children why their behavior was wrong or what they should do instead; it teaches children that the only reason to behave appropriately is to avoid being punished.” (2017). This research has proven that there is not only a physical negative reaction, but a mental one too.

I am a child myself and I grew up with this punishment. I believe that

The issue of spanking has become an important social controversy over the past few decades. As a result, some people are bringing out some negative opinions against spanking. One of them argues spanking is really unnecessary and not effective when parents disciple their sons and daughters because it might not be helpful directly changing children’s wrong behaviors result in parents’ abuse and family violence. On the other hand, I do not agree with that because parents’ discipline when a child got mistake is supposed to be under a type of affection toward them, so people would know parents rarely spank them either to express their anger or to beat them severely. Sometimes people may not agree with them, but we need to remember that parents only

Dr. Perri Klass, a pediatrician, tells her story about seeing firsthand how parent’s frustrations about spanking their children and her reasoning on why she is against it. Klass talks about how as a pediatrician, she is encouraged to say that spanking is bad for not only the children but for the parents too. The aggressive behavior that it invokes is frightening and is strongly discouraged. According to a study published last year, “ Children who were spanked we're most likely to show disruptive, aggressive behaviors later on. Those behaviors, in turn, add it more likely that these children would be spanked more in the future”( Klass p.6). She fishes off the article by saying that the cycle of spanking is horrible for everyone present—no one is benefiting in this in a positive

According to Dr. Peter Newell “ all people have the right to protect of their physical integrity, and children are people too”(pg.7). Punishment distracts the child from learning how to resolve conflict in an effective and humane way. As the educator John Holt says “ when we make a child afraid, we stop them from learning dead in it’s track”. This is important because, spanking your children will leave them in huge shock for no matter how long and their would probably spaced out. Spanking send shock waves to your child putting them in shock and fear from you. Many children are paralyzed through nerve damage from spanking.This will hinder the establishment of meaningful relationships so essential to an emotionally fulfilling

Spanking children is a very controversial topic; there are people who agree with spanking and there are those who disagree. Everyone’s decision varies based on if they were spank or not spanked as children. After taking several courses in child development it is my belief that physical punishment actually alters the brain, it can traumatize a child, as well as have a decrease of gray matter in certain areas of the prefrontal cortex that have been linked to depression, addiction and other mental disorders. Which could be a leading cause for children growing up with higher risk of commenting a crime. Some may say there is no damage left on children and it can alter unwanted behavior affectedly. Regardless of the reason for what people stand behind when it comes to spanking, it is my belief every individual reacts different to being spanked. There are many elements that affect if the outcome is positive or negative. Spanking should only occur if a child is mentally capacity to understand it is a form or correcting unwanted behavior; followed by a firm lecture as to why the child got spanked. A child should know why they were spanked, furthermore, a parents’ goal should be to not resort to spanking. As a child, I was not spanked, nevertheless, I knew my parents could spank me; from witness childhood friends get spanked. The beliefs and values of American’s are that no one deserves corporal punishment, however, corporal punishment is practice in homes on children, corporal

You remember the pain you had when you were young after You got the spanking of your life. Yeah, “imagine hearing get your ass over here”. “Boom, crash” noise you go to check out the crash to check if everybody is okay. You see that a man has his belt off and the kid is holding three loaves of bread in their hand and you see the man bring his arm all the way behind him and “Wham”,he hits the kid with the belt.You here the kid yell for help and he makes eye contact with the child and he ask you to help him.Now the man is clearly drunk you can tell when he says, “you need to mind your business” he hits the kid again. What would you do? One of the greatest debates is whether or not a parent should spank a child. Several meta-analyses have been conducted over five decades regarding this subject and although this is very hard topic to measure it has been said that in addition to psychological effects on children that may be a very high price the parents will have to pay. Measuring the effects of spanking have proven to be difficult, not only because of individuals unmoveable opinions but because of the other physical abuse that usually accompanies spanking People who are spanked are negatively

Dr. Laura Markham says that, “Corporal punishment has repeatedly been linked with nine other negative outcomes, including increased rates of aggression, delinquency, mental health problems, and problems in relationships with their parents”. Although spanking is considered “tough love”, it is hard to believe the impact on the current and future children committing disastrous crimes can be blamed on spanking. How a person can blame an individual’s choice to commit a felony or even a murder on a couple love taps when disobeying while growing up is beyond

While surfing Facebook, I have come across a few videos of the parents and even a stranger spanking a child in a video. I am not a parent so I cannot tell anyone how to discipline their children. However, I do not want to see a child being spanked or as they in the south whipped. I was spanked as a child, but my mom never videotaped it and showed it to anyone. I say, leave the discipline offline and in your house. Below are a few reasons why I think disciplinary actions should not be published online.

The second reason why spanking should not be done to children is the fact that it is a form of child abuse. At the moment, countries are divided as to legalize corporal punishment or create a law saying it is illegal. In the book written by Abela (2007) for the Council of Europe, she notes that “spanking of children less than two years old increases the risk of severe physical injury and the child is unlikely to understand the connection between behavior and punishment.” Most parents tend to go overboard when disciplining their children, especially when they are very angry and have not subdued their anger. This then makes the child their venting medium to get rid of that anger and sometimes, they do not apologize and even forget why they have done the deed. Other parents tend to make this a habit and even if the child did nothing wrong, they would still continue spanking the child. Eventually, the parents may slowly abuse the child through pain and totally make the child’s life a complete hell. As a result, child becomes frail and suffers psychological problems. Some countries, especially social services, use this as grounds to get the child away from the family and file cases of child abuse and physical injury that can lead to jail time if proven guilty. Spanking may also cause scarring and may be with the child

Patrick Lenta (2012) speaks on the injustice that children experience when they are spanked. Lenta (2012) expresses how these children have rights, just as adults, to not be mistreated unjustly, and how corporal punishment violates these basic rights. He then discusses how corporal punishment has been found to have serious psychological harm to the child, such as fear, or mental issues. This, in turn, could cause the child to have a harder time focusing on his or her schoolwork due to all the fear, and psychological issues they are trying to deal with as well as trying to keep up their good grades. Since the child might have a hard time focusing on school work, this could cause them to start to fail academically, which is an unwanted behavior to most parents, causing them to get spanked, and this vicious cycle repeats. It has been found, that a type of psychological effect that has been found in those children who have experienced corporal punishment as a child has lead to have post-traumatic stress disorder, in the same way, abused children have had (Nyarko, 2017). Nyarko (2017) argues that there has been a correlation between low self-esteem and corporal punishment, and how there is a correlation between self-esteem and academic performance. In turn, this could cause the children who have experienced corporal