Azzarello 1 English 102 Mr. Wilson 28 April 2012 Spanking Your Kids Could Have Serve effects When a child acts out its often that a parent chooses to hit their kid‚ which may show results in the short term‚ but in the long term the parent could be doing more harm than good. Spanking your kids is a bad way for parents to discipline their children because it may have some psychological effects on the child. Furthermore‚ reprimanding your child in this manner also causes the child to be more
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When Spanking Your Child Was Legal Kris Bisel Everest University Some feel that spanking goes back to biblical times and feel it is supported by the bible in certain verses. “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod‚ he shall not die.”(KJV Proverbs 23:13 spanking a child is one of those controversial subjects to debate about. When spanking a child‚ is it child abuse or is it corrective action? Some parents find spanking their children
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In todays society‚ spanking is a major controversial topic. Spanking is the act of striking a child’s buttocks with an open hand (Moninger). Only a short 38 years ago in 1974 the United States passed the Child Abuse and Treatment Act prior to this act spanking children was considered a “family matter” and was not something others questioned (CAPTA). A poll of 1‚000 readers on parents.com eighty-one percent said they had spanked their child at least once and twenty-two percent do so once a week or
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Spanking; a form of punishment used by parents when children are not listening or are not behaving. Spanking today is a widely controversial topic due to many states becoming strict on copal punishment. As an ABC survey taken among parents with minor children at home‚ 50 percent report that they sometimes spank their child‚ while 45 percent do not. I think spanking is not an effective way for punishment because it causes relationship issues‚ teaches kids that “stronger” is better‚ and that it is
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The Question of Spanking Spanking a child is a controversial issue. On one side of the debate are people who believe spanking is a necessary component of parenting. On the contrary are people who think spanking a child is destructive. Somewhere in the middle are people who believe spanking is legitimate only when used correctly. Part of the reason for the debate is that some parents and experts define spanking differently. To some‚ spanking means slapping a child on the rear-end‚ while others
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Alternatives to Spanking Considering the significant evidence that discourages the use of spanking as a disciplinary method‚ it is essential to understand the various alternatives to spanking that can prove to be more effective. Morin (2015) is of the view that there are several strategies that can help in conditioning behavior of children towards positivity and avoid spanking. The first and most effective alternative to spanking is the use negative consequences as a strategy. This involves teaching
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Pros and Cons of Spanking Spanking‚ an action caused by a slap with one’s open hand or a flat object‚ especially on the buttocks as a punishment. Many believe spanking is a very controversial issue‚ to spank or not to spank. Let us look at the pros and cons of spanking to see what you think you should do for your child later on when you have kids. Pros to spanking; when spanking a child correctly‚ this can really be an effective and safe means for parents to discipline their children. When it comes
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Tracy Smolinski Mr. Z & Ms. Wrinkle English II / 6th hour May 21‚ 2013 Spanking Gone Wrong A 34 year-old stay at home mom finds herself with 3 children‚ 2 girls and a boy‚ all of them under the age of 6. Not one day is typical‚ and not 5 minutes go by before you hear “stop that‚” or “please put it down.” Patience can sometimes only go so far. It’s not long before just turning her back for 10 minutes to make some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch ends in WWIII. She set them down in
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home‚ the television is on for seven hours each day. Approximately 75 million sets are tuned in each weeknight‚ and 40 to 50 million people are watching at any time in the evening. The youngest children are introduced to television in their homes and are captivated by it. Many small children spend more time watching TV than doing any other activity except sleeping. They will watch increasing amounts of TV each year until they finish the elementary grades. By graduation from high school
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Vaccinations have served as an essential component in our medical system for years. Why now are parents refusing to vaccinate their children in the mindset that this decision is actually protecting their child? Based on Susan Ellenberg and Robert T Chen’s article‚ “The Complicated Task of Monitoring Vaccine Safety‚” published by Public Health Reports in 1997 this refusal is due to the scientific evidence that links harmful and life threatening side effects with vaccines. Although‚ controversially
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