rhetorical analysis
Raising an Obedient Child
”Don’t Spare the rod and spoil the child.” We have all heard that before, as a child I heard it a lot. I was not the most well behaved child, so I got into plenty of trouble. My mom hated my temper tantrums. When I was little, she disciplined me, and now I am a well behaved young adult who knows right from wrong. Discipline is a way of teaching a child how to do what is right while growing up. There are multiple ways to discipline a child and make him/her behave. I feel that it is very important to begin to disciplining children when they are young so they know what is expected of them.it gives them a better sense of right and wrong while growing up once a child has reached his/her teenage years it is too late to begin the discipline process. If parents begin early, I believe that the most effective ways of disciplining children are timeout, taking away privileges, talking to the child, and, as a last resort, and spanking. Putting a child in timeout is effective if the parent is consistent with doing so. In the article “Should You Give Your Child Timeouts,” Phelan and Lynn state, “when well executed, timeout will help teach the rule, and gives kids a break away from the inappropriate behavior and its triggers.” I have witnessed consistent use of timeout with my nieces. With one, it takes several times for her to figure out what she is doing wrong and that she is not supposed to continue doing so. My other niece learns after the first time out. Consistency is the key to a successful discipline method and discipline is the key to a successful child. If timeouts do not seem to be beneficial, other methods may be enforced. Privileges for a child are something that he/she earns when he/she behaves. If that is the case, why not take privileges away when the child behaves badly? I feel it teaches the same lesson that timeouts do, but it is a little more intense. As a child, when I got a new toy it was because I was being good and mom
”Don’t Spare the rod and spoil the child.” We have all heard that before, as a child I heard it a lot. I was not the most well behaved child, so I got into plenty of trouble. My mom hated my temper tantrums. When I was little, she disciplined me, and now I am a well behaved young adult who knows right from wrong. Discipline is a way of teaching a child how to do what is right while growing up. There are multiple ways to discipline a child and make him/her behave. I feel that it is very important to begin to disciplining children when they are young so they know what is expected of them.it gives them a better sense of right and wrong while growing up once a child has reached his/her teenage years it is too late to begin the discipline process. If parents begin early, I believe that the most effective ways of disciplining children are timeout, taking away privileges, talking to the child, and, as a last resort, and spanking. Putting a child in timeout is effective if the parent is consistent with doing so. In the article “Should You Give Your Child Timeouts,” Phelan and Lynn state, “when well executed, timeout will help teach the rule, and gives kids a break away from the inappropriate behavior and its triggers.” I have witnessed consistent use of timeout with my nieces. With one, it takes several times for her to figure out what she is doing wrong and that she is not supposed to continue doing so. My other niece learns after the first time out. Consistency is the key to a successful discipline method and discipline is the key to a successful child. If timeouts do not seem to be beneficial, other methods may be enforced. Privileges for a child are something that he/she earns when he/she behaves. If that is the case, why not take privileges away when the child behaves badly? I feel it teaches the same lesson that timeouts do, but it is a little more intense. As a child, when I got a new toy it was because I was being good and mom
Cited: Williams, Mari Jane. “Talk-It-Out Works better than timeout.” Washington Post 3 Oct. 2013. Opposing viewpoints in context. Web. 13 Nov. 2013