Discipline Shouldn’t Leave Scars
Jordan Riak, leader of Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education, once said, “Spanking does for a child's development what wife-beating does for a marriage.” Spanking has become a highly accepted form of child abuse in today’s society. Spanking can lead to psychological and mental struggles, behavioral and violence issues, lower cerebral capacities, and less remorse for wrongdoings as an adult. So why are we still choosing to hit our children? It is impossible for children to learn from their mistakes from spanking. The reasoning and understanding portion of their brain shuts down due to fear. However, when approached about their behavior verbally and when the issue is worked through reasonably with
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Debra Saunders argues no, that if corporal punishments became illegal, it would tear apart families, leaving children with the absence of otherwise good parents. Parents should be allowed to discipline their children however they see fit if it does not injure the child. She argues if child abuse such as severe spanking were made illegal, it would complicate police jobs to the point that actual abuse cases would get neglected. Saunders claims it would be impossible to enforce laws regulating spanking. Parents know the difference between spanking and beating and don’t need a clear boundary to separate the two. If spanking regulating laws were made, parents would be afraid to discipline their children, leading to more negative consequences than spanking (Saunders). Saunders claims regulating spanking would tear families apart, but wouldn’t it be better to end the violence at spanking than to let it escalate into possibly fatal abuse? Police are paid to stop crimes and protect people in need of help. We should focus on the safety of the children rather than how hard their job will be. Perhaps if laws were made, the amount of abuse would decrease, making their jobs easier and protecting our young ones. Saunders says it would be impossible to regulate a law for something that happens at home, such as spanking. Domestic violence happens at home and we have laws regulating that. If parents actually care about their children, a law protecting them shouldn’t cause any problems or fear of
There is a common mistake that people make when concerning history. They make the mistake of assuming that history is what happened in the past, but history is much more than what happened in the past. History is formed from analyzing evidence from the past and making a connection. Many historians have different personal perspectives on history, and by using the historical method they can all draw conclusions as to what happened and advocate a theory. We find that history is much more than what happened in the past from reading, "The Strange Death of Silas Deane." This is a good example of applying the historical methods and producing a new theory based on reliable evidence. The author classified the important facts into groups of
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
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
Kids get extremely out of control, although some parents do not know how to control their child or children and want to know a way to teach them how to respect what their parents say. Spanking can solve this issue, some say its child abuse, but it’s just discipline since 2014 close to 81% of Americans agree with spanking, but since it has dropped, as parents decide to spoil their kids and when they're bad they take away a video game for a little while. Spanking should be accepted in every state where it is not considered child abuse, parents should accept that and should learn to discipline their kids.
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
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
The early 1900’s gave birth to a new generation, one that grows up in the wars started by their parents, and has to take their place on the battlefield when they are old enough. This new generation -- called the “Lost Generation” -- has a different demeanor towards religion and humanity than past generations. They view life as the following: fleeting, violent, full of loss, despair, and unavoidable change. In Ernest Hemingway's novel A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway follows the story of Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an ambulance driver in the Italian army during WWI. Through Lt. Henry’s journey, Hemingway sends the message that people are powerless to change the events happening around and to them.
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
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.
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.
Parents have the privilege and responsibility of shaping their child’s behavior in a positive direction. To help teach children to be responsible and less destructive, most parents use spanking as a way to correct the child. Parents who oppose spanking suppose that spankings can lead to physical abuse. Many parents believe that they should not discipline their children by spanking; however, spanking for disciplinary measure is a necessary teachable moment for children.
"I didn't want to hurt them, I only wanted to kill them." Is a quote that was stated by David Berkowitz. Killers like David Berkowitz had the chance to live, yet some were punished for their actions. Is that ethically right? Is that justice? Ethics plays a very important role when it comes to capital punishment. Ethics are the foundation of the criminal justice system: It's what helped us develop the moral reasoning we use, how we define criminal activity, and what we as a society deem as acceptable punishment. A form of punishment that some may deem as acceptable and some may not is capital punishment, also known as the death penalty. The death penalty is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital offenses. Capital punishment is a topic that
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