Children will do things they are not suppose to do because it is in their nature. It is the parents job to teach them how to behave in polite society. Luckily for them‚ there are plenty of tools and resources to utilize so they can get the most out of their efforts and to give the child its best chance at growing up so they can be a productive member of society. One tool some parents have used is corporal punishment and it is undermining everything they are trying to instill into their children.
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The Question of Spanking Spanking a child is a controversial issue. On one side of the debate are people who believe spanking is a necessary component of parenting. On the contrary are people who think spanking a child is destructive. Somewhere in the middle are people who believe spanking is legitimate only when used correctly. Part of the reason for the debate is that some parents and experts define spanking differently. To some‚ spanking means slapping a child on the rear-end‚ while others
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Alternatives to Spanking Considering the significant evidence that discourages the use of spanking as a disciplinary method‚ it is essential to understand the various alternatives to spanking that can prove to be more effective. Morin (2015) is of the view that there are several strategies that can help in conditioning behavior of children towards positivity and avoid spanking. The first and most effective alternative to spanking is the use negative consequences as a strategy. This involves teaching
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In todays society‚ spanking is a major controversial topic. Spanking is the act of striking a child’s buttocks with an open hand (Moninger). Only a short 38 years ago in 1974 the United States passed the Child Abuse and Treatment Act prior to this act spanking children was considered a “family matter” and was not something others questioned (CAPTA). A poll of 1‚000 readers on parents.com eighty-one percent said they had spanked their child at least once and twenty-two percent do so once a week or
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Spanking; a form of punishment used by parents when children are not listening or are not behaving. Spanking today is a widely controversial topic due to many states becoming strict on copal punishment. As an ABC survey taken among parents with minor children at home‚ 50 percent report that they sometimes spank their child‚ while 45 percent do not. I think spanking is not an effective way for punishment because it causes relationship issues‚ teaches kids that “stronger” is better‚ and that it is
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Tracy Smolinski Mr. Z & Ms. Wrinkle English II / 6th hour May 21‚ 2013 Spanking Gone Wrong A 34 year-old stay at home mom finds herself with 3 children‚ 2 girls and a boy‚ all of them under the age of 6. Not one day is typical‚ and not 5 minutes go by before you hear “stop that‚” or “please put it down.” Patience can sometimes only go so far. It’s not long before just turning her back for 10 minutes to make some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch ends in WWIII. She set them down in
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properly disciplining your child is wrong? Before we dive too deep into this subject‚ the term spanking may need to be defined. The definition of spanking is different to each person. The one that will be used throughout this paper is from Merriam Webster. To strike‚ especially on the buttocks with an open hand. This means that spanking does not include using a belt on a child‚ or a paddle. Spanking also means no permanent physical damage was sustained during the encounter. If damage is sustained
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Spanking is one of the most controversial discipline methods. On one side of the debate are parents who believe it is all right to spank their children. On the other side are those who think that children should never be spanked. Somewhere in the middle are parents who believe that spanking should only be used in particular instances such as when the child runs into the street. Part of the reason for the debate is that parents and experts often define spanking differently. To some‚ spanking means
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debated for decades. Arguments over how it should be carried out and how harsh it should be has been discussed. One aspect of discipline has been shoved into the dark‚ the effect on the child. No matter how much it is spoken of children remember what happened to them in their childhood. Whether they were pleasant or not can lead to problems later in life. One debate that shall soon be settled deals with the spanking of children. Some will agree that there is nothing wrong with spanking a child‚ but some
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Abstract Spanking is seen in both views of bad and good. Many parents decide to use spanking as a method of discipline. Some parents do not use spanking as a method of discipline because it is seen as abuse. I will use many resources off the internet. Many of my resources are big internet pages like CNN‚ College websites‚ Blogs‚ Newspapers‚ and many more! Some questions I am going to ask are going to revolve around why parents use spanking as a discipline‚ what messages
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