The Spanking Issue: The Ethical Dilemma of Corporal Punishment This issue of corporal punishment is a current issue that many people have on their minds. The issue strikes an emotional chord for many whom were or were not punished by spanking during their own childhoods. The issue generally focuses on the effect that spanking or other discipline methods will have on children. I will specifically be exploring the question: is it ever appropriate to spank a child? The cases for and against the spanking
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Although most would condemn spanking publicly‚ the idea of corporal punishment has long been ingrained in the human mind. The earliest accounts of spanking are from the Hebrew Bible. Sailors were spanked as a punishment for not attending to their duties. Up until the twentieth century‚ spanking was a form of discipline that was accepted by society. Only recently has spanking been frowned upon. The earliest person widely known to question the practice was Benjamin Spock in the nineteen forties. Spock
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Author of Spanking the Gray Matter Out of Our Kids‚ Sarah Kovac stated that “Researchers found children who were regularly spanked had less grey matter in certain areas of the prefrontal center that have been linked to depression‚ addiction‚ and other mental health
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countless hours of standing in the corner because I couldn’t resist fighting with my siblings. My parents were not huge fans of spanking‚ but if we got out of control‚ or if they were unable to reason with
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that we are sculptors. It is our relationships with others that act as chisels and hammers to our personalities and what makes us who we are‚ more specifically the relationships between parents and their children. In her online article interview No Spanking‚ No Time Out‚ No Problem‚ Olga Khazan uses psychological methods of persuading and manipulating her audience into opening up to a new parenting style of not punishing negative behavior in children by taking different approaches. The author attempts
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Spanking is the method that parents use the most when they hit their children with the intention of disciplining them. Spanking is still widely accepted in American society‚ which renders a controversial issue. There are two groups with opposing views on spanking. People who opposed to spanking believe that spanking is poor parenting that can cause negative effects on their children. Others‚ on the other hand‚ insist that spanking can be a practical and effective punishment. On this issue‚ I strongly
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Should abortion be legal? That is one of the looming questions in politics and society. There are many people today who believe abortion should be illegal because it is the murder of an unborn baby. People state that an unborn baby is still a human being and that they also deserve the right to their own life (Abortion ProCon.org). Abortion is a right that does not need to be controlled by the government. Abortion should be a choice that women have that allows them to control their own bodies. According
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concerns about the young Vietnamese’s living attitude and their senses of responsibility. Abortion in Vietnam has reached the alarming level. Our goal in this paper is to bring these startling facts into discussion by arguing whether child abortion should be legalized and how can we reverse the trend in Vietnam. To achieve this goal‚ we have organized our paper into 3 main parts. In the first section‚ we provide an account of historical review of child abortion to make comparisons of the current trend
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Examinations‚ as we know it‚ have emerged to be the main theme of modern education in the ever-changing landscape of academia. In an education infrastructure that is as unpredictable as the clouds‚ it is somewhat ironic that the system of examinations as a means of judging a student’s ability has prevailed through the years. Every person‚ in their quest for knowledge‚ would inevitably encounter numerous modes of examinations through the course of their academic journey. As much importance has been
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Should it be a crime for parents to smack their children? http://www.echoeducation.com.au/schools/doca2013/2013smacking/argumentscon.php Make sure you greet at some stage. To discipline is to teach or instruct; which in this case usually refers to helping children learn self-control. When parents speak of discipline‚ they usually mean domestic corporal punishment. Domestic corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that involves the parent or guardian in the home smacking or “striking
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