Should Australian parents be prohibited from legally smacking their children? For The short answer is yes‚ it should be illegal for parents to smack their children. Did you know that 90% of parents spank their toddlers at least three times a week; two-thirds spank them once a day? When a child misbehaves or acts in a disobedient‚ inappropriate‚ or even dangerous way‚ you want to show him/her that their behaviour is unacceptable and must change. Smacking may seem like a direct and effective way
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Anonymous Ms. Dixon Teen Leadership 30 August 2012 Dear Anonymous‚ We both know that we haven’t had the best in this life and that mama isn’t the best of parents for the things she’s done then again neither is daddy for letting everything happen‚ but we were always there for each other‚ you and I‚ the two misunderstood children roughing it out together‚ you’re the only one who ever really understood me‚ and accepting me for being the different one. I guess because in a way you were different
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makes the parent feel better. When we get angry‚ we move into the "fight or flight" mode. Our adrenaline increases‚ and we have a primitive need to strike out. Hitting releases this negative energy and helps us feel better. But even a minor spanking can escalate into major abuse. Parents have reported that during the heat of the moment it’s hard to stop hitting‚ and some say that they don’t even realize how hard they’ve hit until they see the bruise. Spanking gets in the way of a healthy parent-child
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2010 Should Children of Divorce Be Forced to Live With a Particular Parent? Many children are victims of divorce in the United States each year. The judicial system believes that‚ in each case‚ the child or children that are subjected to divorce should reside where the child(ren) would “be better off”‚ citing that living with one parent who provides a more stable atmosphere for the child(ren) would be more beneficial. Others believe that children who are subjected to divorce should be able to
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electronic devices are bane too.So‚ should parents give their children the latest electronic devices? Every parents hoped to mould their children into a useful and good individual. Unfortunately‚ in this demanding era‚ parents are forced to pursue at least one dominant career to give their lovely children a better life.Hence‚ many children own a electronic devices to contact their parents in emergency. Besides‚ parents are able to track the whereabouts of their children easily with the help of latest
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Should parents allow teenagers to make their own decisions? A highly debatable topic indeed. Young adults or still children? I think there would be several schools of thoughts on this particularly controversial issue. Parents in different cultures tend to follow specific sets of instructions usually passed down generations. They believe‚ the moral values they were taught were for the good enough. Those times were tough but they lasted them their entire lives. They don’t remember how they could
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receive when my parent reviewed my grades. She handed my report card back to me‚ and promptly I opened it to see how much damage had been done. As I looked down the list I couldn’t find anything wrong at first‚ but then I saw it. A massive F at the bottom of page under health. In this moment‚ the fear of God was struck into me and for the first time
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Reasons Why Parents Should Read Aloud to Children One of the greatest gifts that a parent can bestow upon a child is the gift of literacy. Reading is a wonderful pastime‚ and the key to unlocking many academic puzzles. Parents should read aloud to children as part of a regular routine‚ one that can be thoroughly enjoyed by both parties. Firstly‚ reading aloud to children poses the benefit of being quality time spent together. Parents need to have special time with their children‚ and reading
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Disciplining Our Children Disciplining Our Children to Spank or Not to Spank “Spare the rod‚ spoil the child.” “Have a heart that never hardens a temper that never tires‚ and a touch that never hurts” The above two basic quotes both describing the act of discipline when concerning children. As the US has formed throughout the decades the attitude on how to raise one’s children has shifted. We were once a nation‚ who believed that to see a child being sent to pick a switch off a tree
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Children should not use the Internet without their Parents’ Supervision Internet is a network that virtually connects computers around the world. It has an address network which makes communication possible between the computers. It is an open phone line and an open television channel to millions of people around the world who can communicate anonymously (Palmer‚ 2006). People use it to exchange files and e-mails‚ to surf the World Wide Web‚ to download songs or other types of files‚ to take part
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