an effective technique. We are saying this is a horrible thing that does not work.” says Kazdin. Over 30 countries worldwide have banned physical punishment of children in all settings‚ including the home. The legal bans typically have been used as public education tools‚ rather than attempts to criminalize behavior by parents who spank their children. Elizabeth Gershoff‚ a leading researcher on physical punishment at the University of Texas in Austin says‚” Physical punishment doesn’t work to get
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Corporal punishment by parent The pro and cons Corporal Punishment is a very complex and controversial topic. It’s hard to decide what is right and what is wrong when discussing how to discipline children. For who are not familiar with the term corporal punishment it is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain‚ not injury but for purpose of correction control of the child’s behavior. However‚ no matter what the arguments are‚ corporal and non-physical
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Cameron Ganzer Mrs. Fallon Comp December 16 2013 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
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By: Laura McCreanor Dear Sir‚ I am writing in reply to the recent publication of an item on the topic of corporal punishment. I do not agree that it is needed to bring discipline back into our schools. It is assumed that a child who has been caned would be less likely to commit another offence ‚ but this was never proved and ‚ in fact ‚ one theory holds that severe corporal punishment increases the likelihood of future offences. There are better ways to discipline students than hitting them.
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When Spanking Your Child Was Legal Kris Bisel Everest University Some feel that spanking goes back to biblical times and feel it is supported by the bible in certain verses. “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod‚ he shall not die.”(KJV Proverbs 23:13 spanking a child is one of those controversial subjects to debate about. When spanking a child‚ is it child abuse or is it corrective action? Some parents find spanking their children
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Spanking is one of the ways that some parents think would help their child differentiate between right and wrong and make them disciplined. Children are often hit by their parents for aggressive behavior in their early age. On the other hand‚ some parents and professionals believe that spanking will not produce effective results in the long run. This debate on the spanking of children tends to come up every time the topic arises among the researchers. Michele Knox and Jason Brouwer cite Webster ’s
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James Ingraham‚ a student from Drew Junior High School in Dade County‚ Florida‚ was paddled by his principal twenty times on 6th October‚1970 just because he was a few seconds late in coming down from the stage of the auditorium. Ingraham was punished so violently by the principal of the school that later he was admitted to hospital‚ and had to be away from the school for two weeks (Sterett). Even though this incident happened forty years back‚ the practice of corporal punishment is still taking
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Thesis: Throughout the story‚ Pearl is first seen as an image of purity‚ innocence‚ and beauty‚ but as the story progresses‚ she is described more as elfish‚ mysterious‚ and demonic. As a result‚ it is clear Pearl is a very strange and progressively changes throughout the book. When Pearl is first born‚ she is constantly explained as innocent‚ beautiful‚ lovely‚ blessing‚ and also a treasure to Hester. “...and the beauty that became every day more brilliant‚ and the intelligence that threw its
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Whether you are a child‚ teen‚ or adult yourself‚ you know that it is a societal norm to spank a child when they misbehave; however ‚ in reality it does not do any help. According to multiple studies ran by well-known experts‚ spanking your child does more damage than help. Spanking changes the way one’s child behaves now and later in life. Children who are spanked show multiple signs of antisocial behavior‚ aggressive personalities‚ and end up spanking their own kids. These studies show that we
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