Spanking children is a very controversial topic; there are people who agree with spanking and there are those who disagree. Everyone’s decision varies from if they were spank or not as children. Some people believe physical punishment actually alters the brain‚ it can traumatize a child as well as have a decrease of gray matter in certain areas of the prefrontal cortex that have been linked to depression‚ addiction and other mental disorders. Others‚ may say there is no damage left on children and
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outrageous sentences for these offenders. Parenti notes that “a Federal Judge sentenced a man twenty two years for beating and elderly woman to death. A few hours later the same judge sentenced a 25 year old first time drug offender‚ father of two young children‚ to 55 years.” (p.124) The articles that I have chosen to debate the positives and negatives of reducing mandatory sentencing for drug offenders. This aspect is a very controversial issue right now. Many people are getting sentenced to serve more
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Opposing Viewpoint On The Purpose Of Education Within ones early stages of life‚ our parents along with many other authority figures have instilled in us that education is the key to all success. One is taught to work hard in school‚ to study‚ and ultimately to get good grades in our early years of schooling to prepare us for what many see as the last step in our education‚ college. Education has made made freely available to our children at an equal opportunity and again has been instilled
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Renewable Energy Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Renewable Energy There has been debating among people in the United States on how the best energy supply. Some people suggests that the United States should in fact decrease its dependency on oil and begin to invest in an alternative energy source like renewable energy‚ such as wind and solar power – Go green. Others have contended saying that converting over to a new power source would not only be expensive but
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Duke English Composition 1301 24 May 2012 The Controversy of Spanking Your Children Why has society frowned upon spanking your child? The psychologists say you should reason with your child‚ but how are you supposed to reason with a child? They are too young and not quite developed enough yet to see and understand reason. Many of us were spanked as children and turned out just fine. Is not spanking your child the reason why children and teens are more rude‚ disrespectful and no longer courteous
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THE EFFECTS OF SPANKING 2 The Long Term Effects Spanking Causes Spanking a child should be banned. A national study showed that 94 percent of parents still spank their children. Another study showed that younger parents who were not informed on alternative methods to physical punishment with their children were more likely to spank Some people might argue that a spanking will teach the child discipline
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(1997). Rape justifies abortion. Opposing Viewpoints: Abortion. T.L. Roleff (Ed.). San Diego: Greenhaven Press. Retrieved February 4‚ 2009‚ from Gale Library. Johnston‚ W.R. (4 June 2008). Historical abortions statistics: United States‚ Johnston’s Archive. http://www.johnstonarchive.net/policy/abortion/ab-unitedstates
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Spanking Children References Taking the paddle or using your hand is spanking good for your children? Will it teach them their lesson or make them act out worse in other ways? These are just some of the questions I ask and this is a summary of a couple of my resources. Experts: Spanking Harms Children‚ Especially Girls. According to evidence and research spanking children‚ whether by using a belt or your hand can cause physical and mental harm when done by a parent‚ teacher‚ or any
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opinion on disciplining children? For my research I wanted to see if over generations if disciplining children has changed and how that affects the general attitude toward authority. My hypothesis is that the younger generation is not being spanked and therefore results in a more defiant attitude toward authority which leads to higher rates in criminal activity‚ whereas my generation having been spanked has led to a more respectful attitude toward authority. I define spanking as a hit on the bottom
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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
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