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    Spanking your Child into a Problematic Life? In 2014 UNICEF reported that 80% of parents in the world support spanking (Holeman and Wire). Another study conducted in 2012 exposed that 70% of parents that live in America, also, support the use of spanking (Perry). Despite the majority in favor of spanking, there are numerous debates about whether spanking is an effective way to discipline your child or not. In result of the debates, many researchers have conducted studies based solely on the outcomes

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    Spanking is something that has been done for generations, so why such a controversy topic all of a sudden, certain people believe that parents should have the right to spank their child and some do not. There are two types of spanking sexual spanking which can be broken down to different types and child spanking I will be talking about child spanking the meaning, and why certain people say spanking is okay and why it is not. According to Kitty O’Callaghan the meaning of spanking is spanking someone

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    I. Spanking is ineffective. A. It fails to meet the criteria behaviorist say must exist for punishment to be effective. B. To be effective it must be immediate, consistent, and delivered after every incident of the targeted behavior. C. It is difficult for a parent to meet these conditions when practicing spanking, in fact it would be unattainable and boarder line abuse for a parent to spank their child after every occurrence of misbehavior. D. Another reason of ineffectiveness is spanking does

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    9. Christian Science Publishing Society. Retrieved from: http://find.galegroup.com This research was conducted to inform whether or not parents should be banned by the law from spanking their child/children. The pros and cons in this article started by referencing to the late 1800’s, when in London, the ban of spanking had begun. It had started by banning teachers from punishing their students only to end in this debate from the parents. The main question being asked is “when does parental discipline

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    Spanking your children is wrong! There are people who think that corporal punishment for children is a proper and productive way to discontinue bad behavior. If you spank your children for their bad behavior they will learn not to do it again. Then there are people who think spanking your children is a harsh punishment and use other options like time outs and taking away favored objects. This type of punishment teaches children that what they are doing is wrong and without using violence. Parents

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    Spanking Child Abuse

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    you ever saw someone hit their child and thought to yourself was that abuse or discipline? Many people understand that punishment and abuse are different, but they don’t know what should or shouldn’t be considered abuse. Theres a big debate on if spanking should be considered punishment or child abuse. Studies have always shown that most abuse goes unreported. There is a point where discipline becomes abuse and that’s when discipline is unfair, anger driven, and inconsistent. Firstly, child

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    Spanking Verses Child Abuse 1 Spanking Verses Child Abuse The Effectiveness of Loving Discipline Western International University COM 110 Effective Persuasive Writing David Scharn October 16, 2005 Spanking Verses Child Abuse 2 The common misconception that spanking is a form of child abuse affects the proper discipline of today's youth. Some parents are actually afraid to discipline their own children

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    1st Debate Spanking is not detrimental to kids. Spanking is a disciplinary action parents can use with their misbehaving children. Spanking teaches children to behave, respect their parents, and remember important lessons in life (1995, Socolar). There is not enough evidence, nor is there enough research to prove that spanking is detrimental. According to Rebecca R. S. Socolar, Ruth E. K. Stein, “Research has shown that the consistency and severity of physical punishment affect its consequences,

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    spanking child abuse? Sometimes it is, because spanking can bruise a child, leave hematoma around their skin or injure soft tissue. Some kids have even been hospitalized because of the spanking. It is important to understand and learn the difference between spanking and child abuse and people start avoiding making mistakes. The different views about spanking from many parent. They think is not child abuse and parents should not be afraid to discipline their children. Spanking should be considered

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    Spanking Is Violence I. Introduction A. Violence is physical harm done to another individual, through aggressive behavior. So, what do we call picking up a belt, slapping, hitting and striking the child with an item? I want to challenge your minds and hearts to dig deep when you were being hit by your parents or guardians, was it truly out of love, love does not beat you, physically or mentally. B. Out of this Speech class, 97% of you were spanked and 3% were not, so majority of you have experienced

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