Spanking Is Bad For Children
Child Discipline
Most people grew up being spanked and they turned out alright so it seems like a good way to teach 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 a long time as a method to discipline. It is used when a child is hurting another child or when a child is misbehaving uncontrollable,. …show more content…
In an article written by Alexandra Sifferlin, “Dr. Ben Siegel recommends guiding children to appropriate behavior by giving them choices,” (Alexandra Sifferlin). By encouraging good behaviour children know what they are allowed to do and are comfortable doing it. They will learn what it is that they can do through what their parents show them. It gets confusing when a child only knows what they aren’t allowed to do, so it is to everyone’s benefit that they know what it is that they are allowed to do. When they are misbehaving and playing with things that they shouldn’t be playing with, it would help them to be guided to what they should be playing …show more content…
As state by an article by Katherine Lee, “those who support spanking children and other forms of corporal punishment argue that kids who are disciplined physically turn out just fine. But a child who is exposed to secondhand smoke may not get cancer right away, and a child who isn't secured with a seat belt isn't guaranteed to be injured or worse in a car accident, says Deborah Sendek, director for the Center for Effective Discipline,” (Katherine Lee). The argument that someone was spanked and they turned out fine is very flawed. There are a lot of criminals that were spanked and yet they still committed crimes. Many times someone who was a criminal were spanked more as a child then someone who didn’t act out and yet they still committed their crimes. Like Sendek said some one can be exposed to secondhand smoke and not get cancer but spanking affects everyone differently and what seemed to work for one person is always going to work for someone else. Overall Spanking has been showing to affect children
Most people grew up being spanked and they turned out alright so it seems like a good way to teach 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 a long time as a method to discipline. It is used when a child is hurting another child or when a child is misbehaving uncontrollable,. …show more content…
In an article written by Alexandra Sifferlin, “Dr. Ben Siegel recommends guiding children to appropriate behavior by giving them choices,” (Alexandra Sifferlin). By encouraging good behaviour children know what they are allowed to do and are comfortable doing it. They will learn what it is that they can do through what their parents show them. It gets confusing when a child only knows what they aren’t allowed to do, so it is to everyone’s benefit that they know what it is that they are allowed to do. When they are misbehaving and playing with things that they shouldn’t be playing with, it would help them to be guided to what they should be playing …show more content…
As state by an article by Katherine Lee, “those who support spanking children and other forms of corporal punishment argue that kids who are disciplined physically turn out just fine. But a child who is exposed to secondhand smoke may not get cancer right away, and a child who isn't secured with a seat belt isn't guaranteed to be injured or worse in a car accident, says Deborah Sendek, director for the Center for Effective Discipline,” (Katherine Lee). The argument that someone was spanked and they turned out fine is very flawed. There are a lot of criminals that were spanked and yet they still committed crimes. Many times someone who was a criminal were spanked more as a child then someone who didn’t act out and yet they still committed their crimes. Like Sendek said some one can be exposed to secondhand smoke and not get cancer but spanking affects everyone differently and what seemed to work for one person is always going to work for someone else. Overall Spanking has been showing to affect children