Kaplan University The Fine Line Between Child Abuse and Discipline There is a fine line between discipline and child abuse. Many people disagree on what is and is not abuse. There are many factors that can affect how a person views corporal punishment and abuse. Some of these factors are personal beliefs‚ pressure from outside sources‚ and the severity of the “discipline” that has occurred. There are many forms of abuse including physical‚ emotional‚ sexual‚ and neglect. There are also different
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Pros and Cons of Spanking Spanking‚ an action caused by a slap with one’s open hand or a flat object‚ especially on the buttocks as a punishment. Many believe spanking is a very controversial issue‚ to spank or not to spank. Let us look at the pros and cons of spanking to see what you think you should do for your child later on when you have kids. Pros to spanking; when spanking a child correctly‚ this can really be an effective and safe means for parents to discipline their children. When it comes
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In today’s society‚ laws are being broken; crimes are being committed on a daily basis in this world. When focusing my perception on the Christian worldview as it relates to criminology‚ as human beings’ people makes errors in life‚ however; it is imperative to comprehend what initiated the individual to make the error or break the law. Assisting the individual to change their circumstances and aiding them to redirect their actions can also emphasis the individual personality. When crimes are committed
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Society and government seek both to protect children from abuse and to defend the rights of the family. Weighing those two goals and determining which is more important in a particular situation poses a serious challenge. Child welfare experts constantly struggle to balance the risk of causing psychological damage to children by removing them from their families with the risk of exposing them to physical harm by leaving them with abusive parents or guardians. This decision is especially difficult
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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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speech. Conclusion: I. Review of Main Points: This speech will argue the controversy of spanking by giving the con of spanking‚ the pros of spanking‚ and talking about the evidence. II. Restatement of Thesis Statement: Spanking children as a punishment will not have bad effects on a children development. III. Peroration: Now that I explain both of the side of spanking on children‚ I believe you can concur that spanking have no negative effect on
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belt on a child‚ or a paddle. Spanking also means no permanent physical damage was sustained during the encounter. If damage is sustained‚ then it becomes abuse‚ which is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly. The line between abuse and punishment will be discussed in depth later in the essay. No
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damage caused for such trauma. Others argue that they still have done the crimes and it wouldn’t be right‚ especially for victims‚ to let them free. The children shouldn’t be blamed for what they are forced to do‚ the people authority should have punishment for having child soldiers. Giving child soldiers adult consequences for their actions would be insensitive and more damaging. Their brain isn’t fully developed‚ making them easily manipulatable. Child soldiers shouldn’t be persecuted instead of
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Punishment This seems to a popular topic of discussions in today’s world. Should you punish your kids by spanking them. As a kid I was spanked and corrected for doing something wrong or doing a bad thing. My parents used it as a way to get me to either stop doing something or as a punishment for what I did. Today people see it as wrong to lay hands on children to correct them. They call it abuse. There is a correct way to punish a child and there is a way to do it and go to far. Some people say
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Discipline Is Not Punishment Where Is this Much-Taught Discipline? A week doesn’t go by without a telephone call from some stranger wanting to speak to someone I never heard of. Why so many wrong numbers? Is the simple discipline of finding the correct number and pushing the phone buttons accurately too much for grown people to handle? After their having called the wrong party‚ they rarely apologize. More often‚ it is an angry demand‚ "Who’s this?!" They are affronted by my answering the phone
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