Running head: Spanking Effects on Children Is Spanking Detrimental to Children’s Psychosocial Health? Kaley Schoeph Ball State University Is Spanking Detrimental to Children’s Psychosocial Health? Spanking has been used as an appropriate form of discipline for decades and‚ until recently‚ received little scrutiny. There have been many obstacles for scientists in determining whether or not spanking is detrimental to a child’s well being. Personal biases‚ third variables‚ and ambiguous definitions
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Spanking is a form of corporal punishment that is commonly used to discipline children all around the world. This form of punishment typically consists of an adult striking the child’s bottom or hand as a reaction to unwanted behavior. There are many arguments that are made on whether a child should be spanked or not‚ many people tend to believe it’s fair while other believe it’s simply wrong. Those who do not believe in spanking say spanking is a form of child abuse. That it shows children the idea
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children right and wrong. However‚ spanking can be very bad for a child’s development‚ it can teach them unwanted behavior and children shut down when they are being spanked. It can difficult to teach a child purely from spank‚ and there are other methods that parents can look into to teach a child. There is also evidence that shows that a child should not be physically punished and that there are other methods to teach a child what is right and what is wrong. Spanking has been used by parents for such
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THE EFFECTS OF SPANKING 2 The Long Term Effects Spanking Causes Spanking a child should be banned. A national study showed that 94 percent of parents still spank their children. Another study showed that younger parents who were not informed on alternative methods to physical punishment with their children were more likely to spank Some people might argue that a spanking will teach the child discipline
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Spanking: Child Abuse or Discipline? The Bible states that “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child‚ the rod of discipline will remove it from him” (Prov. 22:15). Even though it appears that the Bible condones corporal punishment‚ it is not enough for people to believe that it is okay to do. There is a very thin line between child abuse and discipline when it comes to spanking. Many people believe it can lead to better school grades and ambition to attend college and are not as likely
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I personally don’t advocate spanking. It’s absolutely a No of using spanking as a form of discipline children. Spanking is a real contradiction. We teach the kids not to use violence and not to hit others‚ whether they are angry or not. Even when they see another kid did something wrong‚ or bad‚ they are still not allowed to hit. If we teach our children in such a lovely way like that‚ then why would we are still spanking them when they make mistakes‚ how will the kid ever learn that hitting is wrong
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in a more defiant attitude toward authority which leads to higher rates in criminal activity‚ whereas my generation having been spanked has led to a more respectful attitude toward authority. I define spanking as a hit on the bottom‚ there are many ways to be spanked but I chose to focus on spanking with a hand to the bottom. The people that I interviewed were between the ages of 18-21‚ and they had a variety of siblings with the most common being 1 older sibling and 1 younger sibling. They all
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Spanking Is Never An Effective Form Of Discipline Olivia Romeo November 13‚ 2014 Prepared as a course assignment for HDF 200‚ University of Rhode Island Corporal punishment is known as a physical punishment‚ such as hitting or abusing. Spanking a child is a form of corporal punishment which means to slap a child on the buttock. In the United States‚ spanking is a form of correcting a child’s behavior or a way of disciplining. The Harris survey of 1‚250 adults‚ conducted
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provider we fill the need to make sure that all kids in our classrooms are being taken care of. If a mother of a six month old baby decides that she does not want to hold her child as often because she is trying to teach the child independence then we should inform her that we respect that but as a teacher we need to inform the mother that we will do our best not to hold the child but we cannot guarantee it. One of the things that we can do if the child is crying is to try rocking the child in a swing
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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‚ then it becomes abuse‚ which is a serious crime and should not be taken lightly
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