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    as this become more talked about. Some say corporal punishment is damaging psychologically and negatively impacts childhood development. So the question has to be asked: “Is spanking bad?” "Corporal

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    My husband tells the tales of discipline and punishment during his childhood. His father, mother, and grandparents routinely enforced strict rules with harsh punishment such as being struck with a belt or switch. I have heard similar stories of near-beatings from my African American friends through the years. African American comedians regularly incorporate a history of corporal punishment into their stand-up routines. My African American high school students also tell of parents with harsh consequences

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    parents believe disciplining a child by physical means is acceptable method of punishment, but I believe it is not right to spank, pinch, slap or force them to eat something just to cause them discomfort (soap, hot sauce). This is commonly known as corporal punishment. A punishment usually used to shock a child into behaving better by slight physical pain. I don’t believe there should be any reason for any corporal punishment and as time passes more and more people feel the same way. The reason for this

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    Disciplining a child can become a tedious task for parents and tutors. As a result, they believe that punishment is the most optimal way to eliminate a misbehavior. Paddling, spanking, and hitting are a small group of the harsh disciplinary practices used by adults. Such practices of physical punishment are currently allowed in public schools in the United States. Many people argue that a reasonable physical punishment on the children leads them to understand the consequences of misbehaving. However, the word

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    This paper explores the effectiveness or lack of it, in reinforcement and punishment, corporal punishment, inductive reasoning, power assertion and withdrawal of love. Corporal Punishment Corporal punishment remains a much litigious and widely debated issue. It refers to the use of physical force towards a child with the intention of controlling and correcting undesirable behaviors (Lenta, 2012). In most cases, corporal punishment is intended to cause some degree of pain and discomfort on the offender

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    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 it is physically non-injurious

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    Ellen Key once said, “ Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect other than a hardening one.” like Ellen Key, I also feel that corporal punishment does not belong in any household. As physical punishment is becoming a major public health problem in our country. Approximately, sixty percent of adults still approve of physical punishment, despite compelling evidence that it

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    Corporal punishment is a type of physical punishment that has been allowed in 19 states to be used as a way of discipline for misbehaving children. This physical punishment is mostly relating to spanking or paddling. A policy that legal near the south at most. [a] These days, corporal punishment should be used today because kids need to know obedience and should use this punishment as a way to wake them up[b]. Corporal punishment should be allowed because it is a lasting punishment, is able to to

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    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

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    feel rejected and isolated, corporal punishment is unsafe in and of itself, but its discriminate application may be co-incident with problems unique to racial and gender identity and esteem, as well as academic and social confidence and competence. Through familiarity, or the result of apathy or biased reasoning, people apparently can become accustomed to disproportionality. Most of us seem to accept as legitimate the percentages of involvement in retributive punishment that would be, in the opinion

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