An Analysis of Why America Should Outlaw Spanking
Krystle Manley-Reed
Instructor: L. Wallace
English 1101-80569
2 October 2014
Essay 2
Fine Lines One of the main points in the article “Why America Should Outlaw Spanking” by Emily Bazelon is about how many rights parents have in America. The main example talked about in this article is about corporal punishment and whether or not parents have the right to spank their child or not. Reasons being that some extreme parents take it too far sometimes, leaving bruises and possibly even fracturing bones. Politian’s believe that outlawing spanking would assist the courts in help make a ruling about child abuse. Spanking is a necessary evil that helps correct incorrect behavior. Growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s we were always told that if your parent were beating you in a manner that was not necessary then you told a teacher, and the teacher would report it to the Department of Children and Families, who would then investigate the situation. In today’s American society the Department of Children and Families has extremely way too much power that they possess. They can show up at your house and with probable cause and a warrent they can take your children and put them in foster care.
On one end of the spectrum is the parents that take things extremely too far. They would leave extremely large bruises or even break children’s bones. Some parents did it out of anger and some sadistic parents did it for the sheer pleasure of inflicting pain on another human being, even if it is an innocent child. Loving parents use an affectionate hand to swat their child’s behind, not out of anger, but because they believed what their child was doing was wrong and they wanted to correct the behavior for the greater good. Children love you unconditionally and do not understand what they did wrong when the parent just hits them for no good reason. Courts have a difficult time now days convicting the parents that are abusing their child; this comes from a lack of evidence on whether or
Instructor: L. Wallace
English 1101-80569
2 October 2014
Essay 2
Fine Lines One of the main points in the article “Why America Should Outlaw Spanking” by Emily Bazelon is about how many rights parents have in America. The main example talked about in this article is about corporal punishment and whether or not parents have the right to spank their child or not. Reasons being that some extreme parents take it too far sometimes, leaving bruises and possibly even fracturing bones. Politian’s believe that outlawing spanking would assist the courts in help make a ruling about child abuse. Spanking is a necessary evil that helps correct incorrect behavior. Growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s we were always told that if your parent were beating you in a manner that was not necessary then you told a teacher, and the teacher would report it to the Department of Children and Families, who would then investigate the situation. In today’s American society the Department of Children and Families has extremely way too much power that they possess. They can show up at your house and with probable cause and a warrent they can take your children and put them in foster care.
On one end of the spectrum is the parents that take things extremely too far. They would leave extremely large bruises or even break children’s bones. Some parents did it out of anger and some sadistic parents did it for the sheer pleasure of inflicting pain on another human being, even if it is an innocent child. Loving parents use an affectionate hand to swat their child’s behind, not out of anger, but because they believed what their child was doing was wrong and they wanted to correct the behavior for the greater good. Children love you unconditionally and do not understand what they did wrong when the parent just hits them for no good reason. Courts have a difficult time now days convicting the parents that are abusing their child; this comes from a lack of evidence on whether or
Cited: Emily Bazelon, “Why America Should Outlaw Spanking”, Writing in the Displines. A Reader for Writers. 5th ed. Mary Kennedy, William Kennedy, and Hadley Smith. Upper Saddle River.