also will become child abuse and affect their children’s future. However, discipline also is a way to let their child tend to succeed while parents use it in a suitable way. Discipline leads to child abuse when it is too strict and applies corporal punishment to a child. Based on the report of Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department in 2012, child abuse increased to 43 cases around 17.8 percent between 2011 and 2012 (The Malaysia Insider, 2013). There are several types of child abuse such as
in order for them to learn right from wrong and acceptable from unacceptable. Of course, there are a lot of ways to discipline children. In our case, parents in the Philippines discipline and punish their children through the use of corporal or physical punishment in the following forms: spanking with hand, pinching, hitting with an object, twisting the child's ear, pulling the hair, or confinement in a sack. This has become a cultural norm of disciplining children in our country; a tradition that
and correction. Disciplining our sons and daughters is part of the tough work of parenting, but it will pay big dividends in the long run. There are a variety of disciplines that may be used on children to make them obey which includes physical punishment that most likely incorporate spanking. We believe that parents have been entrusted with the incredible privilege and responsibility of shaping their children’s behavior in a positive direction. Unfortunately, each of us enters this world with desires
Parents Use Physical Punishments? There have been many discussions about physical punishments of a parent to their child. According to Bonnie Rochman (2011), a total of 80% of parent use corporal punishments. This study shows that most parents feel that hitting a child for misbehaving is the only way that they learn from their mistakes. However, others feel that having to use this type of punishment to a child builds anger and depression. Physical punishment to a child can be put
go to school every day due to the bullying issues. There are three things that parents and schools could do to cut being bullied; keep an eye on your child’s social media networks, teach kids how to defense themselves, and bring back school corporal punishment. It’s important to keep an eye on your child’s social media networks because he/she might be a victim of cyber bullying. In this way, parents can make sure the safety and privacy of their children. Being capable to check on child’s activities
controversial issue among people in the U.S. is whether or not parents should spank their children as means of discipline. Some people refer to this as corporal punishment. Both sides of the issue have supportive evidence. The amount of people against spanking their children is surprising compared to the number of people who do use corporal punishment. Studies have shown that approximately 80% of parents use physical discipline such as spanking on their children (UNICEF, 2014). The various reasons for
DEFINITION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Various definitions- INDIA, UK, SWEDEN To study the concept of corporal punishment, there must be a clear, holistic definition of the term to see the extent to which the term encompasses. Many official definitions of ‘corporal punishment’ exist, but they are not consistent. Currently, it is not defined in any statutory enactment in India. Definition of corporal punishment can at best only be indicative. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the monitoring
parent-child relationship. Spanking does not work as effectively as parents think it does, and it teaches children the wrong message about hitting. “Physical punishment does not work to get kids to comply, so parents think they have to keep escalating it, and that is why it is so dangerous,” says Elizabeth Gershoff, a leading researcher on physical punishment at the University of Texas at
In relation to my opinion, I do not stand by this statement, however, I do not disregard the perspectives of others. “Spare the rod, spoil the child” surrounds the idea of using physical punishment as a form of discipline with the intention to correct the behaviour of a child. Punishment
banned corporal punishment due to different reasons but some are still adopting it. However, people start to question whether corporal punishment should be reintroduced to increase the deterrence effect towards any wrongdoers. According to the Collins Dictionary, corporal punishment is punishment of a physical nature. And it has divided into 3 main types such as parental or domestic corporal punishment, school corporal punishment and judicial corporal punishment. Parental or domestic corporal punishment