loving relationships comes pain and fear. According to Gershoff‚ spanking may get a child’s attention‚ but in the long run it does not teach them how to behave appropriately (Kalb‚ 2008). Proponents of spanking often argue that if you spare the rod‚ you spoil the child. However‚ according to Jenny (2009)‚ the punisher is only teaching the child that because they are bigger and stronger they get their way. Society as a whole needs to come to the conclusion that discipline can be accomplished with
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Drew VonWaldner Com. 112 2/6/2013 Critical Analysis: “Better connected‚ farther apart” The author‚ Leonard Pitts Jr.‚ comes from the credible resource the Miami Herald. Pitts is a very well respected author‚ and happens to be a Pulitzer Prize winning author. Pitts specializes in commentary pieces and this piece‚ “Better connected‚ farther apart” also happens to be a commentary piece. I personally heard about this topic before I read this article‚ and I’m sure most other people have unless
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with his punishment; he lacked discipline. His father John Senior would use corporal punishment on him and then later flood him with sweets and candy. Audrey‚ Dillinger’s sister took care of him in his early years until his father remarried. “Spare the rod‚ Spoil the child” was Dillinger’s father’s motto. When John’s father remarried in 1912 Dillinger became very jealous and hated his stepmother‚ but reportedly he later on became to love her. Dillinger quit school when he was 16 years old because he
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their mind. One year they may say‚ “Breast feeding is the only way to guarantee a health child‚” while only a few years later another expert will say that‚ “Bottle feeding is the answer.” The book also goes to mention that some experts say‚ “Spare the rod‚ spoil the child;” others say‚ “Spank the child‚ go to jail.” The risk for parents is that they will make a mistake that will lead to the death or detriment of their child. The chapter uses the analogy of parents and risk to convey the theme of the
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APL&C-Period 1 21 August 2012 You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think By Leonard Pitts S Who is the speaker? Who is the voice that tells the story? The speaker is a syndicated columnist‚ a writer versed in and paid for expressing his opinion in an interesting‚ thought-provoking way. He is educated yet down to earth and not a bombastic or over-inflated or even lover of elevated lexicon or writing style. He is representative of the majority of educated US citizens. O
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Culture is what makes up our countries‚ cities‚ states‚ and communities; each place has different foods‚ clothing‚ religions‚ races‚ architecture‚ geography‚ and many more influences. These subjects define us and how we live. They contradict us from everyone else; they are examples of our unique characteristics. In the 1860’s the North and south were different. Besides the fact that we were in the middle of a civil war‚ the cultures were almost opposites. The southern parts of the United States were
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The ramifications of genetic selection as suggested in Leonard Pitts’ “A Risk Free Life” are exponentially detrimental to our society as a whole. Genetic selection would be like opening a virtual “Pandora’s Box” negating the need for hope‚ faith‚ and the drive to overcome any obstacle we as humans are faced with. We see it every day‚ those colored ribbons on the bumpers of cars and in every store we patronize. They not only symbolize diseases‚ but hope. Hope for a cure and the optimism that as each
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References: Arceo-Dumlao‚ Tina (2007). "Spare the rod‚ spoil your kids with love." cited in _____(Ed.). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Vol. 22 No. 26‚ pp. A1 and A8. Havelin‚ Kate (2000). Child Abuse: Why do my Parents hit me?. Minnesota: Capstone Press. Miller-Perrin‚ Cindy and Robert Perrin (1999). Child
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know any better or he doesn’t understand that there are consequences to certain actions. Corporal punishment in schools is a firm type of discipline that teaches children right from wrong and that there are consequences to bad behavior. "SPARE the rod and spoil the child" may be a common refrain for previous generations. For today’s youngsters‚ however‚ the stereotypical image of the cane-wielding school teacher may well be on its way to history. In nowadays‚ destructive punishment do not seems effective
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ethnicity‚ and poverty status Baumrind‚ D. (1996). A blanket injunction against disciplinary use of spanking is not warranted by the data Changes‚ Choices and Constraints. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2005. 5th ed. Block‚ N. (2000). Abandon the Rod and Save the Child [electronic version]. The Humanist‚ 60.2: p5. Block‚ N. (2007). Discipline at Home (EPOCH – USA). Spanking Fact and Fiction. Retrieved June 13‚ 2007 from http://www.stophitting.com/disathome/factAndFiction.php Campbell‚ S Law reignites
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