What are your viewpoints on spanking children? Is it appropriate to do or is it inappropriate? The Concept of spanking children continues to be a debate for various reasons over the United States. One believes that spanking children is morally acceptable because it is a Disciplinary Tool‚ Establishes respect and shows a clear message. Growing Up in a generation‚ where parents struggle more than other generation’s did‚ when it comes to handling their children. Spanking has been around for a long time
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One explanation as to why spanking has these side effects is that the child is following the example of the parents hitting them. Another part of the explanation is that when parents spank‚ children miss out on instances of a conflict being resolved nonviolently and therefore have lower problem-solving skills. Another problem with spanking is that it undermines the relationship between parent and child. It’s part of American mythology that spanking is not a big deal and that kids take it in stride
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The use of spanking is one of the most controversial parenting practices and also one of the oldest‚ spanning throughout many generations. Spanking is a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable behaviour. Although spanking exists in nearly every country and family‚ its expression is heterogeneous. First of all the act of administering a spanking varies between families and cultures. As Gershoff (2002) pointed
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Annotated Bibliography Issue: Should Spanking Be Considered A Form Of Disciplinary Punishment? Book: Kazdin‚ Alan E. and Corina Benjet. “Spanking Children: Evidence and Issues.” Yale University School Of Medicine. Child Study Center. 2003. Web. 27 Oct. 2011. This site is an online article clip from a book published by The American Psychological Society. Within this article are the discussion of different views on spanking‚ key conclusions about its effects‚ and the methodological limitations
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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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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 does nothing to teach a child to develop inner discipline. A child’s focus is on the spanking itself‚ not on a review of the behavior that led to it. After a spanking‚ a child does not sit in his room and think‚ "Gee‚ I sure goofed. But I really learned something. Next time I’ll behave." Instead a child is typically thinking‚ "It’s not fair! She doesn’t understand! I hate her." Another problem with spanking is that spanking is seen as punishment for a crime‚ payment for a debt. In other
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Positive Discipline Parents who love their children have a responsibility to guide‚ love‚ teach and discipline them towards appropriate behavior. Barakat and Clark (2007) say that negative actions such as spanking can interfere with a child’s healthy development. For example: spanking a child for inappropriate behavior teaches them‚ that physical force is appropriate in disciplining bad behavior. Encouraging good behavior can lessen the time it takes to correct him‚ or her for mistakes. Positive
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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 switch‚ a hand‚ or a paddle‚ this form of punishment always left a lasting impression. For centuries spanking has been the main form of punishment used by parents to correct bad behavior in
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Positive Reinforcement Positive reinforcement is a type of operant conditioning. According to Cherry‚ positive reinforcement involves anything that follows a behavior that makes it more likely that the behavior will occur again in the future. Normally The positive reinforcement has a pleasurable outcome. Some examples of positive reinforcement includes after making the sales quota at your job at a dealership so your boss gives you a bonus‚ receiving a praise from your boss when doing a great job
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