Running head: Spanking Effects on Children Is Spanking Detrimental to Children’s Psychosocial Health? Kaley Schoeph Ball State University Is Spanking Detrimental to Children’s Psychosocial Health? Spanking has been used as an appropriate form of discipline for decades and‚ until recently‚ received little scrutiny. There have been many obstacles for scientists in determining whether or not spanking is detrimental to a child’s well being. Personal biases‚ third variables‚ and ambiguous definitions
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Spanking is Beneficial 1 Spanking is a Beneficial Form of Punishment Ms. Stokes Kaplan University Amanda Pennington Spanking is Beneficial 2 Parents have always struggled with ways to appropriately discipline their children‚ especially in modern culture. Several years ago there would have been no question about acceptable forms of punishment. Today people can not parent their children the way they want to. There are radical groups out there that are dictating the way we care for them
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Social Networking Sites and Children: Helpful or Harmful? Social Networking Sites are one of the most popular applications for people to use. These social networking sites are usually focused on different kinds of relationships‚ for example‚ LinkedIn for professionals‚ YouTube for entertainment‚ or MSN and Facebook for personal users. Through social networking sites‚ people can communicate with people instantly‚ check the news quickly‚ and receive daily updates from family. Why are Social Networking
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Are Harry Potter Books Harmful for Children? As far as I’m concerned‚ the Harry Potter series are quite suitable for children to read. As we all know‚ this set of books is written about a boy who is a wizard‚ and he fights with the devil for the justice‚ during the process it also show us how to treat our real friends and our family. Some parents and censors consider this book harmful for children to read and try to ban it‚ because of the manipulation‚ lying‚ violence‚ witchcraft (which they
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the Benefits of Spanking A famous idiom says “spare the rod and spoil the child” which simply means that if the parent will not punish his child when the latter has committed something wrong‚ then the child will not be able to distinguish right from wrong. The child will likewise never learn good manners and right conduct. Research says that Sweden was the first country to ban spanking in 1979. Through the years‚ there have been several movements against spanking of children. In fact‚ the European
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Spanking‚ although controversial is an effective form of discipline for children. Parents and parents to be who are undecided about whether spanking is an acceptable form of discipline should first get educated on what spanking is. A good first step would be learning the meaning of spanking. Equally as important is‚ knowing what is considered a spanking‚ as well as‚ when spanking becomes abuse. In addition‚ knowing the ways spanking may benefit children would help solidify spanking as the best option
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Spanking is one of the most controversial discipline methods. On one side of the debate are parents who believe it is all right to spank their children. On the other side are those who think that children should never be spanked. Somewhere in the middle are parents who believe that spanking should only be used in particular instances such as when the child runs into the street. Part of the reason for the debate is that parents and experts often define spanking differently. To some‚ spanking means
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spank their kids as a way of correction? Those who disagree with spanking their child usually are the ones who are taking the word spanking out of context and putting it in an abusive category. Although physical punishment is taken out of its true definition‚ it should be allowed because there is a clear line between what is abuse and spanking. Also‚ it teaches children that there are consequences for when they have misbehaved. Spanking is defined as a slap to the butt with an open hand. According
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Chelsea Hall SOC/CJST 405 Dr. Brian Monahan 30 November 2012 Ever-changing Viewpoints on Spanking As a world population‚ evidence shows that children were not valued in general throughout history until the twentieth century. Children were known as parental property and were treated as such. Children did not have rights of any kind; they could be sold‚ beaten‚ used as slaves‚ etc. for their parents’’ purposes. Several overlapping perspectives for conceptualizing and dealing with deviant
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Spanking a child‚ Abuse? Wednesday Comp II May 12‚ 2010 A Majority of people in America feel that spanking is an acceptable tool for disciplining children. I believe that spanking your child should not be the way to discipline a child. You do not need to spank or physically punish your child to get an understanding out. There are other ways to punish your child than laying a hand or object on them. Such as taking something away from them‚ or making them sit in the corner. I consider spanking
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