Don T Spank If You Want Your Child To Have Self Control Essay
Alejandro Fiffield
ENG 101
Professor Lockard
10/7/17
Don’t Spank If You Want Your Child to Have Self Control
Being a parent is one of the most difficult tasks a person can undertake in his or her lifetime, and deciding the appropriate way to raise a child can be complicated. One of the most delicate aspects of raising a child is discipline. It can be very hard for parents to decide what to do when their child needs to be corrected. Many parents today, unfortunately lose self control when their child misbehaves and resort to physical punishment (such as spanking) to discipline their child. This needs to change if parents want their children to poses the important skill of self control. Spanking as a form of punishment teaches a child to “behave” because of fear and not because they have a deep respect and reverence for their parents. A child may stop his or her actions in that moment because the child does not what to receive further harm. Children can senses that the parent is out of control If a child is exposed to physical …show more content…
A child’s development is heavily influenced by their parent’s actions/behavior. Parents need to be role modals for their children. By exhibiting self control when disciplining their children will in turn show that child that their parent knows how to handle conflict in a peaceful manner, and this will influence a child to handle future conflict the same way. Parents should not use spanking as a form of discipline. Instead, parents should send a message to their child that the actions they are displaying are not the actions they should be displaying. Even if this results in a time out and a tantrum, the child will learn more from the experience of being told why their actions are wrong and why they need to stop than if they are in physical pain and in emotional
ENG 101
Professor Lockard
10/7/17
Don’t Spank If You Want Your Child to Have Self Control
Being a parent is one of the most difficult tasks a person can undertake in his or her lifetime, and deciding the appropriate way to raise a child can be complicated. One of the most delicate aspects of raising a child is discipline. It can be very hard for parents to decide what to do when their child needs to be corrected. Many parents today, unfortunately lose self control when their child misbehaves and resort to physical punishment (such as spanking) to discipline their child. This needs to change if parents want their children to poses the important skill of self control. Spanking as a form of punishment teaches a child to “behave” because of fear and not because they have a deep respect and reverence for their parents. A child may stop his or her actions in that moment because the child does not what to receive further harm. Children can senses that the parent is out of control If a child is exposed to physical …show more content…
A child’s development is heavily influenced by their parent’s actions/behavior. Parents need to be role modals for their children. By exhibiting self control when disciplining their children will in turn show that child that their parent knows how to handle conflict in a peaceful manner, and this will influence a child to handle future conflict the same way. Parents should not use spanking as a form of discipline. Instead, parents should send a message to their child that the actions they are displaying are not the actions they should be displaying. Even if this results in a time out and a tantrum, the child will learn more from the experience of being told why their actions are wrong and why they need to stop than if they are in physical pain and in emotional