{text:bookmark-start} Corporal Punishment with Children: Right or Wrong {text:bookmark-end} ? How properly to discipline a child is an age old question. Countless numbers of parents have had to make this decision. Many of these parents were raised in homes that used spanking as the main form of discipline. Most people can readily recount each time he‚ or she received a spanking for an offense‚ and even remember what kind of instrument was used to inflict the punishment. Whether it was a belt‚ a
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Should Corporal Punishment be illegal? In order to answer this question we need to some definitions. What does the word corporal’ mean? For the purpose of this essay we define corporal relating to the body. The word illegal’ means prohibited by the law. And by the phrase corporal punishment’ we mean pain inflicted on the body‚ like canning. How else are we supposed to teach a child the difference between right and wrong? How can teachers establish order in the classroom? Corporal punishment has
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Corporal Punishment --- Is it an effective means of discipline For years‚ corporal punishment has been a way to punish misbehaving children in schools across the country. This subject has been full of controversy within the child development ans psychological communities. In the article‚ “Is Corporal Punishment an effective means of punishment”‚ published by the American Pyschological Association (apa.org)‚ June 2002. In a large-scale meta-analysis of 88 studies‚ psychologist Elizabeth
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A controversial topic has been in the headlines recently; whether corporal punishment should be banned or not. Corporal punishment is a form of physical discipline that inflicts deliberate pain to discipline a child. Doctors have been saying they want a ban on it because of the many long term effects that it can cause. Corporal punishment was popular in the 1950’s‚ with 99% of parents smacking their children. These days‚ only 69% of families in Australia do. Smacking children can cause mental
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* * Go Get The Belt Go Get the Belt: A Look Into the Use of Corporal Punishment to Discipline America’s Children English 215 Abstract Currently‚ the use of corporal punishment as a form of discipline at home is legal in the United States. This paper will look at the use of corporal punishment on American children and recognize alternative discipline techniques. As it has become a topic of heated social and political debates in recent years‚ spanking children is thought to have
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AND THE DAMAGES OF SPANKING ON CHILDREN You have probably heard the expression‚ "spare the rod‚ and spoil the child." Do you agree with it? Perhaps you were spanked as a kid. Was it appropriate? Some people see spanking as an outdated method of punishment or even child abuse‚ while others view a swat on the bottom as a parent ’s prerogative. People differ a lot on their views when it comes to administering corporal punishment on children. While some view it as being barbaric
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Corporal Punishment vs. Permissive Parenting This argument has been on going for decades or dare I say centuries even. There are articles‚ quotes‚ and whole books written on this‚ an example would be “Spare the rod spoil the child” whose proverbial notion dates back to the King James version of the Bible pre 1377. There are even popular shows on television that highlight this debate. While history seems to be biased toward a firm grip on children‚ there are those old folk tales about spoiled
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Should Spanking be Part of Parenting? An Investigation on the Negative Results of Corporal Punishment and Spanking Corporal Punishment and Spanking Many people may think that spanking children is a normal part of children’s lives‚ but there has been new research done indicating that spanking or corporal punishment may be a bad thing for children. “While spanking may work in the short term‚ you can correct bad behavior with a slap or two on the rear end or hand. But
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Corporal Punishment of children is typically involving the use of spanking‚ slapping by hand or with objects such as a belt or paddle. It also involves to the extent of shaking‚ pinching and forced situations of ingesting substances or to stay in an uncomfortable position. Typically‚ spanking such as a swat to the wrist or face or thighs or buttocks is one of the most common used. The use of physical consequences is the theory that it will alter a child’s behavior by teaching a child‚ negative behaviors
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definition (Hamamrman et al. 1). With a debatable definition who is in the rightful position to claim the difference between corporal punishment and physical child abuse? Each year there are numerous reports made of child abuse; however‚ with the opinions of parenting varying greatly the numbers of allegations being made are multiplying (Fréchette et al. 137). Corporal punishment is a form of discipline generally defined as‚ “the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience
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