" (Chapter 6) Although the children often worry about Atticus giving them a "lickin’‚" Atticus doesn’t resort to corporal punishment with his children. When Scout decides not to fight Cecil Jacobs at Christmastime‚ it is not out of fear of a spanking. Somehow‚ if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down. Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him... (Chapter 9) There are times when the children think
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you guys for one question: Have you ever got smacked by your parents when you are a little child? If you have‚ please put your hands up. Alright‚ it seems everyone has been smacked before‚ so have I. A black and white picture of a cross father spanking a little boy who is crying on his knees could be described by people as the “bad old days”. Disciplinary action such as a smack on a child’s bottom is not illegal in Australia and it’s now viewed as “barbaric”. As a result‚ children get hurt. Many
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is not the same. Kids today have little or no respect for their elders‚ teachers‚ or even law enforcement. I would have never talked to any adult the way some of these children today talk to the adults in their life’s. These are the same children that are our future. Part of the reason children act the way they do these days is partially due to the child abuse laws‚ when we were children it was not against the law for our parents to spank our ass’s it wasn’t abuse. Now day’s kids know that it’s against
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results in teenage criminals. Since they are young and inexperienced‚ children who are rejected and not supervised are not able to identify what is good or bad for them and quite unaware of the pitfalls they might face. Corporal punishment such as spanking and caning works sometimes. However‚ it cannot substitute parental moral guidance and loving
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especially the young children should feel safe when they are in the classroom. They need to feel comfortable inside the classroom so the process of teaching and learning can be optimized. If teachers often use corporal punishment such as caning or spanking‚ the children will feel threatened as they have the possibility to receive the punishment. This is not how the situation in a classroom should be because it will diminish students’ attitude toward school rather than building self-discipline. Some
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corporal punishment. Children of all ages need to be held accountable for their actions and at the rate the school systems are going‚ children know they can misbehave and they will not have any repercussions for their actions. When it comes to spanking or how a child should be disciplined in school; we are all entitled to our opinions. I strongly believe the schools need to take back control of the children and hold them responsible. Most of the children know that they can misbehave and the only
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The Behavioral Effects of Parents on Children SOCL 432 One of the most important and influential positions that an individual can hold in the world is that of being a parent. There are several psychological theories that demonstrate how children can easily become a product of their immediate environment and the individuals that are around them. Parents are the first and most vital teachers that young children will come in contact with for the first quarter of their lives. “The parental
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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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changed the younger generations? And what can be done to reduce or stop child misconducts?” First‚ what is coporal punishment? Corporal Punishment is a physical punishment used against a child in response to a wrongdoing. This is done in a form of spanking with hands or an object‚ smacking‚ slapping‚ or even ear twisting. The United Nations (UN) and the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) argued that all forms of corporal punishment be stopped as regard to the child’s mental and physical
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Reading‚ Writing‚ and the Hickory Stick: the Appalling Story of Physical and Psychological Abuse in American Schools Iqbal‚N. (2003). Rights-Pakistan: call to spare the rod in schools grows louder. Global Information Network (1999). Slapping and spanking in childhood and its association with lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in a general population sample Morrel‚ R. (2000). Corporal Punishment. Education Monitor. Vol. 11‚ No. 1. Rice‚ J.E. 1987. The Attitudes of Teachers towards Corporal
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