Spanking Children
To Spank or Not to Spank
Sophia Davis
ENG122
Holly Wilcox
July 12, 2010
Spanking is a form of corporal punishment commonly used to discipline an infant, toddler, child, or teenager. It typically consists of an adult striking the child 's bottom in reaction to poor behavior, with either an open hand or an implement, without producing physical injury. There is much argument over whether a parent should spank their child or not. Those who do not believe in spanking say spanking is form of child abuse. They associate it with various adult problems. These pacifists suggest using an “alternative" to spanking; that spanking teaches children that violence is an acceptable way of getting one 's way. They also believe it confuses children because most of the same adults who spank also teach that violence is not generally acceptable. This is said to be “hogwash”. Those who believe in spanking, most of whom are Christians, say and that GOD commands parents to spank for misbehavior.
Parents have spanked their children for quite some time; for thousands of years, at least. Until the New Parenting revolution of the late sixties /early seventies swept common sense from child rearing, most parents spanked. In 1965, spanking was alive and well. Some children were not spanked much, but they contend that each one was memorable. It has not been proven that being spanked improves a child’s behavior but some believe it does. Some individuals have become violent individuals from the spankings they received as children. There are also some who received spankings but have become non-violent individuals are very respectable members of society. When a child was spanked, they did not go out of the house looking for some smaller child to “whoop”, as phrased in the South. The worst consequence of being spanked is that the child came to loathe a parent (There is no guarantee this feeling would not have occurred regardless of being spanked).
Some
Sophia Davis
ENG122
Holly Wilcox
July 12, 2010
Spanking is a form of corporal punishment commonly used to discipline an infant, toddler, child, or teenager. It typically consists of an adult striking the child 's bottom in reaction to poor behavior, with either an open hand or an implement, without producing physical injury. There is much argument over whether a parent should spank their child or not. Those who do not believe in spanking say spanking is form of child abuse. They associate it with various adult problems. These pacifists suggest using an “alternative" to spanking; that spanking teaches children that violence is an acceptable way of getting one 's way. They also believe it confuses children because most of the same adults who spank also teach that violence is not generally acceptable. This is said to be “hogwash”. Those who believe in spanking, most of whom are Christians, say and that GOD commands parents to spank for misbehavior.
Parents have spanked their children for quite some time; for thousands of years, at least. Until the New Parenting revolution of the late sixties /early seventies swept common sense from child rearing, most parents spanked. In 1965, spanking was alive and well. Some children were not spanked much, but they contend that each one was memorable. It has not been proven that being spanked improves a child’s behavior but some believe it does. Some individuals have become violent individuals from the spankings they received as children. There are also some who received spankings but have become non-violent individuals are very respectable members of society. When a child was spanked, they did not go out of the house looking for some smaller child to “whoop”, as phrased in the South. The worst consequence of being spanked is that the child came to loathe a parent (There is no guarantee this feeling would not have occurred regardless of being spanked).
Some
References: Ramsburg, D. (1997). The debate over spanking. Retrieved July 10, 2010 from http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/spanking.morph.html Spanking, Retrieved July 10, 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanking. Straus, M. A & Yodanis, C. L. (1996). Corporal Punishment in Adolescence and Physical Assaults on Spouses in Later Life. In Journal of Marriage and Family(58). Retrieved July 10, 2010 from University of New Hampshire, Web site: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/CP23.pdf