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Belts, spoons, and shoes, all known as the weapons that are used for spanking. To “spank or not to spank” is an age old question that questions if parents should spank or not spank their children. Some researchers say that spanking is one of the main problem causers in bad behaving children. Other researchers say that kids are being spanked for already acting out. Children should not be spanked by their parents because spanking predicts negative behavior, there is no reason for it and it leads to

Beaten Black and Blue Bad choices call for discipline, but spanking won’t do the trick. This method of discipline, also called corporal punishment, is commonly used in the southern states, such as the following: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming (“The Center”). Discipline is supposed to teach children right from wrong

Spanking is a form of discipline that parents may or may not agree with. Parents usually do not admit that they spank their children. Is it because they know that it is a bad act of discipline? Parents who do admit to spanking of their child say it is to show the child who is boss in the house. As for others, spanking is wrong because these parents think there can be a future problems from the effect of spanking. Spanking children can lead to emotional, mental and even physical problem as they grow

The Children May Suffer: The Negative Impacts of Corporal Punishment A young boy slowly makes his way to his mom, her scream urging him forward. He is almost to her side when he sees the shadow of her belt, he slowly backs away, he does not go far, as she quickly grabs him by his shirt. She then start to beat his hands with the belt, and then turns him around and starts spanking him on the behind. Throughout the whole time, the young boy’s eyes reflect fear, pain, and anger. Such corporal punishment

In recent studies, researchers have found that ninety percent of parents spank their children; yet, seventy-three percent of mothers report that their child will continue to repeat their behavior they were disciplined for (Ogilvie). Based of this information, the effectiveness of this form of discipline seems to be incredibly low. Now consider another fact: how harmful is this to children physically and mentally? Would this affect them as they grow up and even continue to affect them into their adulthood

Have you ever wondered what spanking a child does for them in the future? Some people argue that spanking a child will teach them to be respectful, while others prefer to find a different way to discipline them. I did a survey on my coworkers and college classmates to see what their thoughts on spanking a child for disciplinary purposes were. Let me just point out that I work in a lumber yard, so most of the survey participants are males, but I was able to survey a few females as well. The majority

Seven countries-Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Italy and Cyprus- have laws making it illegal for parents to use physical punishment on their children. Corporal punishment in schools has been banned in all the countries in Europe, South and Central America, China and Japan. The United States has outlawed corporal punishment from our prisons as cruel and inhumane treatment, as well as wife-beating, once thought to be the right of a husband. Why don’t we afford the same protection to our

A. Background This Since the beginning, of this century a global tendency to abolish corporal punishment have been introduced to challenge old dependence on corporal punishment as a tool for reforming children’s misbehavior, according to Global Report (2008). According to Straus (2001) Corporal punishment is defined as “the use of physical force with the intentions of causing a child to experience pain, but not injury, for the purpose of this control of the child’s behavior”, corporal punishment

Jordan Roberts Mr. Campbell PreAP 9th Grade English 9 December 2015 Corporal Punishment: Its Harm and its Alternatives Corporal punishment is one of the most common forms of discipline used in history to straighten out unruly children. It is defined as any non-injurious bodily punishment that is performed with the intention of correcting perceived misbehavior (Paolucci and Violato 198). Since the very late 1970s, research and studies have increasingly shown that corporal punishment, even if

When a child gets out of line most parents in America will turn to their child and inflict a physical punishment on their child. Corporal punishment of children is seen to many people as being a great measure to stop the inappropriate behavior and to keep their children in line. Corporal punishment is socially accepted and widely practiced. Much like corporal punishment is assault. If an adult were to hit another adult that is assault which by the means of the law could put someone in jail because